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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. [2] [4]
In 1887, Stevens developed the .22 Long Rifle round, [11] which served as an introductory caliber for children for decades, as well as being very popular for plinking, varmint hunting, and target shooting. The .22 Long Rifle cartridge was available beginning in 1888, in the #1, #2, #9, and #10 break-top rifles, and in their New Model Pocket and ...
Also produced as the Remington Model 11 and Savage Model 720 and 745. ... Stevens Model 87: Semi-automatic rifle 1,000,000 ... Henry Lever-Action .22: Lever-action rifle
Savage makes a variety of rimfire and centerfire rifles, as well as Stevens single-shot rifles and shotguns. The company is best known for the Model 99 lever-action rifle, no longer in production, and the .300 Savage. Savage was a subsidiary of Vista Outdoor until 2019 when it was spun off.
The Savage Model 24 was actually introduced by Stevens Arms as the Model 22-410 in 1938. [notes 1] During World War II the United States Army Air Corps purchased some 15,000 Model 22-410s for use as survival guns. [1] In 1950, Stevens stopped making the 22-410, and Savage introduced the same gun as the Model 24.
Pages in category ".22 LR semi-automatic rifles" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Smith & Wesson M&P15-22; Stevens Model 87; W.
The company entered hard times and started producing M1918 Browning Automatic Rifles at the former Stevens-Duryea factory that was originally constructed for car manufacturing in 1912. [4] [5] In 1920 they sold the J Stevens Arms Company to Savage Arms [6] but kept the automobile factory for use producing commercial products for Westinghouse ...
The .22 long rifle, also known as the .22 LR or 5.7×15mmR, [4] [5] is a long-established variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United States. It is used in a wide range of firearms including rifles , pistols , revolvers , and submachine guns .