York National Guard contract, but the contract Introduced the first hammerless lever-action rifle, the ModelДЎ895, derived from Arthur Savage's Model 1892ДЄ failed bid for a US Army rifle contract that instead was won by the KragвЂ“JГёrgensen design. This merger made Savage the largest producer of arms in the United States at the SavageДropped the Stevens name in 1991 but revived it in 1999 and still uses it todayДЇor a number of its low cost rifles and shotguns. The Stevens production was moved into other Savage facilities. To produce firearms at their Chicopee Falls facility until 1960, but in a As a subsidiary division of Savage, Stevens continued Listed below is history of the two companies ,ДЇounded by Joshua Stevens in 1864 in ChicopeeД«y 1902 they were advertising themselves as 'the largest producers of sportingДЄpril 1, 1920. Version of the standard model Stevens 311) and named it the Savage Fox model B. Savage company reserved their name to a more deluxe double, (a dressed up All the Stevens/Savage guns were boxlock. The two main type of hammerless double barrel shotguns are sidelock and boxlock. Simply working guns, these Savage/Stevens fitting that category. Parkers, LC Smith, Fox Sterlingworth, Winchester model 21, while others were Savage / Stevens Boxlock Style Double Barrel ShotgunsДouble Barrel Shotguns Double barrels shotguns were 'the gun' for a good many years before

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