Original Antique U.S. J. Stevens & Co. .22cal Single Shot Tip-Up Sporting Rifle - Serial 23123 DVD for its first incarnation

for its first incarnation

with a lot of the felt lining being missing

Model: 6/0 - B

with most of the wear and finish loss confined to the sharp and high edges and the muzzle crowns

Original Antique U.S. J. Stevens & Co. .22cal Single Shot Tip-Up Sporting Rifle - Serial 23123 DVD for its first incarnationOriginal 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