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Stevens Arms was founded by Joshua Stevens with help from backers W.B. Fay and James Taylor in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, [3] in 1864 as J. Stevens & Co. Their earliest product was a tip-up action single shot pistol.
The Stevens Boys Rifles were a series of single-shot takedown rifles produced by Stevens Arms from 1890 until 1943. The rifles used a falling-block action (sometimes called a tilting-block, dropping-block, or drop-block) and were chambered in a variety of rimfire calibers, such as .22 Short , .22 Long Rifle , .25 Rimfire , and .32 Rimfire .
Since Savage is one of the older American arms companies still in commercial production, it would be difficult to list the number of models no longer in production made by Savage under its own name and under tradenames for retail outlets. Those most notable and still in wide use today include: Shotguns. Stevens Model 520 Shotguns; Stevens Model ...
The Model 15 was designed in 1943–44, perhaps with the input of Taylorcraft founder C. G. Taylor. [7] The prototype, registered NX36320 , first flew on November 1, 1944. [ 1 ] During testing, the Lycoming engine proved insufficiently powerful, [ 7 ] and it was replaced with a Franklin 6A4-150-B3 of 150 hp (120 kW).
J. & E. Stevens was a business in Cromwell, Connecticut formed by John and Elisha Stevens in 1843 to make cast-iron hardware, hammers, and iron toys. The success of their toy products, including cap guns, led to a refocus on toys. [ 1 ]
It is a Bangladeshi variant of the Chinese Type 81 assault rifle. Type 56 assault rifle - Assembled locally. [10] It is a Chinese variant of the Soviet-designed AK-47 (specifically Type 3) and AKM rifles. [11] It is used by Bangladesh Armed Forces, Border Guard Bangladesh and other forces in a large quantity.
Stevens Model Dockyard was as much a retailer as a maker and large numbers of items are now claimed to be by the company that were only retailed by them, rather than made by them. There is little evidence of what exactly they made prior to 1900, but certainly ship models, fittings and engines, spirit fired steam locomotives, wooden rolling ...
The Stevens Model 77E was a pump-action shotgun offered in 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge, and .410 bore. The military version 77E was the most widely used shotgun of the Vietnam War . It was a short-barreled pump-action shotgun known variously as the "trench" or "riot" shotgun in 12 gauge.