Manufactured sometime between 1948 and 1991 and worth $25 to $125, depending on condition.
We have had(stevens savagen arms corporation USA Chicopee falls mass) for more than 3 generatins.My grandfather has bought it. It is still active.Thin and severe.
Stevens was founded in 1864 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. Savage in Utica, New York, in 1894. Savage purchased the Stevens plant and name in 1920 and continued to make guns with the Stevens name in the Chicopee Falls facility until the late 1940's. The Stevens line was discontinued in 1991, but revived in 1998 or 1999 on a few "commemorative" models.
savage arms corp (Stevens Chicopee falls Ma. )
According to the stevens reference files the gun was made between 1936 - 1945, approximately 100,000 were made. As far as value?
The model 311 is a side-by-side.
12 gauge 23/4 fox shotgun value
Savage Arms bought Stevens in 1920, and from 1920 through 1946 guns were made under both names at the Savage plant in Utica NY and at the Stevens plant in Chicopee Falls MA. In 1946, all operations were merged into the Chicopee Falls location, and then all operations were subsequently moved to Westfield MA in 1959. sales@countrygunsmith.net
Savage guns were manufactured in Chicopee Falls from 1946 to 1960. A 410 single shot could bring from $75 to $150.
Model 520 shotguns are selling, depending on condition, from $100-$200. sales@countrygunsmith.net
savage arms company was located in chicopee falls mass. from 1946-1960.
I have the same rifle. =) From oldguns.net it looks like about 200,000 were made somewhere between 1938 and 1945.
My Dad bought me a new 87B Stevens in 1954. Still have it. Bill D.