Their earliest product was a tip-up action single shot pistol. Fay and James Taylor in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, in 1864 as J. Stevens Arms was founded by Joshua Stevens with help from backers W.B. Savage dropped the Stevens name in 1991, but revived it in 1999 and still uses it today for a number of its low cost rifles and shotguns. As a division of Savage, Stevens continued to produce firearms at their Chicopee Falls facility until 1960 when the plant was torn down and Stevens production was moved into other Savage facilities. They were purchased by New England Westinghouse on May 28, 1915, and again by Savage Arms on April 1, 1920. By 1902, they were advertising themselves as 'the largest producers of sporting arms in the world'. 22 Long Rifle round and made a number of rifle, shotgun, and target pistol designs. The riders head is just down and a tad forward of the screw under the single hump.Stevens Arms was an American firearms manufacturer founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. On edit: Mine looks similar to post 3, Steves post, except the Ranger logo is more central on the reciever. On the list I didn't find any numbers starting with a U. I dont know this name you have now, but understand guys came back with new user names. I may know of you too Steve, but only if you had another user handle before this site was down for many months. The xx in the serial number is for my security, but you guys know that, and in a pm I will give out the last 2 numbers, since I trust Old Grump. The stock wrist seems to have hand cut checkering, which I find odd, but there is mistakes, not very bad mistakes, but not a machined cut checkering either. More than 50% of the blueing is gone, and it was used as a salt water duck/ goose gun, so there is light pitting on the reciever. The barrel is 28.5 inches to the barrle bolster, and 29' to the reciever.

The slide release is on the left side at the rear of the trigger guard. The butt plate is a hard black bakalite if my guess is right. I don't see any other markings on the gun externaly, other than as stated above. The Ranger logo is quite worn or wasn't roll engraved deeply in the first place, I can't tell. I have the gun and a camera, but no pics. That Muz stands for muzzeloaders, as I am a flintlock shooter mainly.

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