Winchester used to call it the speed pump because the action allows the shooter to quickly fire follow up shots.

Stevens and Company will celebrate 150 years of making high-quality firearms.

Stevens and Company in 1864 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.

The companys first gun was a tip-up, single-shot pistol designed by Stevens.

Though Stevens was a toolmaker by trade, he worked with gun makers C.B.

Allen, Eli Whitney, Samuel colt, and Edwin Wesson.

In fact, Stevens helped Samuel Colt make Colts very first revolver in Colts small Hartford, Connecticut shop.

Stevens went on to invent the most popular cartridge in the entire worldthe.22 Long Rifle.

At first, most of the companys income came from making and selling tools, but J.

Stevens and Company was quickly built into one of the largest manufacturers of firearms in the country.

Stevens and Company rifle at a price lower than Winchester made the gun very popular.

In 12 years, J. Stevens and Company sold over 3.5 million of the falling block long guns.

However, he still travelled back to Chicopee Falls to offer advice and watch over the manufacturer of firearms.

Stevens and Company in 1920, the company, of course, grew to become the largest manufacturer of firearms at the time.

By 1915, the company opened offices in New York, London, Australia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

The company also produced the Lee Enfield rifle, Thompson sub machine gun, Browning BAR, and Lewis machine gun.

In 1901, the company partnered with Frank Duryea, who designed the first motor car in the United States, to make a 2 cylinder, 5 hp Runabout car.

However, in the mid 90s, Ronald Coburn bought the company and completely turned it around.

Now Savage is back on top of one the biggest firearms manufacturers in the United States, producing more firearms a year than Beretta and Taurus.

Maybe it is because Savage does not jump on trendy bandwagons or try to make guns that are not its specialty.

However, Savage has been making dependable high-quality firearms for the serious shooter for nearly 150 years.

In 2003, the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence awarded the company manufacturer of the year.

Savage produces long-range and precision rifles and shotguns that are unprecedented in accuracy and capabilities for the price.

In 2012, the company debuted the model 320 shotgun in two different models, the Security and the Field, in seven different configurations.

This 12-gauge, pump-action workhorse is inspired by the extremely reliable Winchester 1300 action.

When you pull the trigger, the rotary bolt moves away from the barrel extension.

The recoil from firing the shotgun helps moves the slide backward, aiding in pumping the shotgun for the next round.

J Stevens Arms Tool Company Shotgun