1864
Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts

•  founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864 in Chicopee, Massachusetts
  – J. Stevens & Co.
•  tip-up single shot pistol
• 1883 they purchased the Massachusetts Arms Company
• 1886  incorporated as J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co
• 1887, Stevens developed the .22 LR cartridge
• 1896 bought by I.H. Page
• 1898 .25 Stevens  rimfire rifle cartridge
• 1901 manufactured Stevens-Duryea automobile
• 1902 .25 Stevens Short  rimfire rifle cartridge
• May 28, 1915 a division of Westinghouse Electric purchased Stevens
  – created specifically for a contract to produce 1.8 million Mosin-Nagant rifles for Russia in World War I
  – 1916-1917 produced over 770,000 rifles
  – 225,260 were delivered, rest were sold to the USA
• July 1, 1916, renamed the firearms division the J. Stevens Arms Company
• 1917 commies never paid, company & fell into financial distress
• April 1, 1920 purchased by the Savage Arms Company
  – until 1942 its own brand
• During World War II produced:
  – Savage Lee–Enfield No. 4 rifle
  – Thompson submachine gun
  – Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
  – Browning M1919
  – M2 machinegun
• July 9, 2019 sold with Savge to Investors