Perhaps there is oral history to be found in them, and perhaps.
I am currently pursuing whether the company founder, Joshua Stevens had descendants, and whether or not his heirs are living currently. As you know, the company produced a wide array of tools, mostly machinist tools, as well as involvement in the automotive industry. I envision this effort to be more than just the J. Can you tell how old a j stevens shotgun is by the serial number? Where is the serial number on a Stevens Arms 12 gauge shotgun.? Answer Questions. Therefore, dates may be a year different, especially near the 'boundaries'. Serials did not strictly run sequentially.
Our database contains values of serial numbers through 566,000 which ended the year 1950. Savage & Stevens Arms, Collector's History, by Jay Kimmel. A Basic Reference Guide to Old Firearms (Serial Nos. I am also interested in a Stevens orginization of some sort if possible. Have a fair collection of resource books, old and new, reprinted cataloges, and any original stuff that I can afford to buy when I come across it. I accumulate any thing I can that is Stevens. I would be willing to help if there is anything I could do. I would definately be interested in seeing what you can come up with. I have prepared a preliminary plan for uncovering as much information from 'official sources', but would like to hear from any of our constituents who either have a desire to participate or who have information to share. An example would be the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Stevens and which did not meet with the process of purging undertaken by the company. There are any number of historical repositories containing records which were external to J. I am most interested it pursuing the subject of what is remaining of the original written history of the company and it's activities during the entire period of it's existence, i.e., prior to the Savage acquisition. Stevens production rifles (and pistols) and who have done any amount of reading on the subject knows the story regarding the disposition of the company's corporate records at or about the end of WW II. Most people who have even a passing interest in the J.