Original Antique U.S. J. Stevens & Co. .22cal Single Shot Tip-Up Sporting Rifle - Serial 23123 DVD Aside from the wear

Aside from the wear

Utah around 1883

This Heavily illustrated

for its first incarnation

Components Carried :

Original Antique U.S. J. Stevens & Co. .22cal Single Shot Tip-Up Sporting Rifle - Serial 23123 DVD Aside from the wearOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a little beauty, a "Tip Up" style sporting rifle with a very heavy . 22cal octagonal rifled barrel. This is definitely a rifle that would barely move when it was fired. The manufacturer and patent information is stamped into the left barrel facet: J. STEVENS & CO. CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. PAT. SEPT. 8. 1864 Stevens Arms was founded by Joshua Stevens with help from backers W. B. Fay and James Taylor in Chicopee