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
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