You should be able to find information on this if a patent or patents issued on the article at some time in the past. Go to www.uspto.gov. There should be a "patents" link, then there should be a link for "patent searches." Search under "issued patents" (pay attention to the date range) using keywords and you may come up with patents that relate to your subject matter and disclose lots of facts, including the inventors, assignees, relevant dates, and all the details on the article.
.22 bolt action rifle, obsolete. sales@countrygunsmith.net
I too would like some information regarding a 20 gauge J. Stevens Arms Company 'Springfield' double barrel shotgun, the only other markings are 5000 on the right side plate and a circled 22 near the trigger guard.
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.
It would be a Stevens Model 238 manufactured between 1920 and 1948. The Ranger 101.2 is a Sears Roebuck designation.
Springfield Arms shotguns were manufactured by the Stevens division of Savage Arms from 1920 to 1948.
Sometime between 1920 and 1948.
I suspect you are confusing a patent date marking with a model number. What are the other markings on the gun? sales@countrygunsmith.net OK. The best we can do is narrow it to the 1930's. No factory records exist. This was after the Savage takeover, and Stevens was still producing guns in the Chicopee Falls plant. They used the Springfield name as a value-brand.
More information available. It has a serial number 66701 on the handle under the grip on the left side.
Yes, I believe it was. I have a Model 53-B (single shot .22LR) and it says on the barrel 'SPRINGFIELD MODEL 53-B, Manufactured by J. Stevens Arms Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass. U.S.A.'
With the marking of "A & T Co" it would have been manufactured between 1886 and 1916.
Manufactured sometime between 1920 and 1948.
That would be a Stevens 94B sold by Sears Roebuck.