== == One is for sale at the Red Mill antiques in Bloomsburg, PA for $198. (07/29/2006)
Massachusetts Arms Company: Trade name used by J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company on firearms for Blish, Mizet and Silliman Hardware Company of Atchinson, KS. The name is also attributed to Crescent Firearms, but a single shot with a Chicopee Falls address is almost certainly a Stevens.
it was a child's first gun. one in excellent condition is probably woth $100.00
1946-1959. sales@countrygunsmith.net
You posted this under the Iver Johnson topic and that company made a lot of revolvers in Fitchburg, which isn't far from Chicopee Falls. The only arms maker I find in Chicopee is Stevens, but I have no records of a Stevens revolver. Are you sure it is not a tip-up pistol?
It was made sometime between 1920 and 1942.
1952-1958
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Well, you will have to define the term 22 caliber bullet- there are dozens of different versions. If you mean the ordinary .22 Long Rifle cartridge, it was created by the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company in Chicopee Falls, MA.
Although the company dates back to 1864, the name "J Stevens Arms Co" was not used until after the company was bought by Savage Arms in 1920. In the mid 1940s, the name was shortened to "Stevens".
The Springfield Model 84 was made by J. Stevens Arms Company, Chicopee, Mass.
patented Dec. 11. 1900 probably a Stevens modelAnswerThe date mentioned in the first response is indeed a J. Stevens patent. Shotgun Markings says that Massachusetts Arms single shotguns by Stevens were made "1920 and later". If that date does not belong with the gun in the original question, the REAL Massachusetts Arms Company made a few shotguns in Chicopee Falls between 1860 and 1893. These would have an unusual tip-up action and look a bit odd when compared to a modern single shot top-break.
this is a misprint. It should be a model 75 rather than a 57 as it appears in the question.