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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 13, 1886. 



STEVENS' 



The following letter 

 refers to a Stevens' New 

 Model Pocket Rifle, 

 weighing about two 

 pounds, is from a per- 

 fectly reliable gentle- 

 man (whose name is 

 at the service of any 

 applicant). 



Lampkin, Ga. 



Dec. 28th, 1884. 

 Messrs. J. Stevens & Co. 



Gentlemen ;— M y preference 

 for your guns has been 

 strengthened by the following 

 circumstances: Some weeks 

 ago a friend brought a small 

 pocket rifle to have me clean 

 up for him, as it had become 

 rusty from neglect and disuse. 

 I saw your name, "J. Stevens 

 & Co.," on the barrel, and I 

 said to him, that I would 

 wager that it was a fine shoot- 

 ing gun. Said he, my father 

 has carried that rifle for fifteen 

 years, and has bagged all 

 sons of game with it, from 

 deer to small birds. He once 

 killed an alligator with it at 

 110 yards. He always shoots 

 squirrels in the head, no mat- 

 ter how high they get. At 

 this moment another man, 

 who had done business for the 

 old man on his farm for a 

 number of years, and used the 

 rifle a great deal, stepped up, 

 and, overhearing the conver- 

 sation, remarked: " Yes, it 

 is the best rifle I ever saw. 

 I have killed squirrels almost 

 by the thousand with it, and 

 killed ducks by the hundred 

 at all distances. I once kill- 

 ed a duck with it at 240 

 yards." I thought this very 

 remarkable, as it is a very 

 small gun, barrel only 12 in- 

 ches long, with skeleton 

 shoulder stock, 32 caliber. 

 The gentlemen says, " If you 

 will clean it up you can use it 

 whenever you like," handing 

 me a box of cartridges'. He 

 said, "You will be surprised 

 at its shooting qualities." So 

 I rubbed the gun up nicely, 

 and made an agreement with 

 a friend to go hunting. When 

 we met he remarked, "Where 

 is your gun?" (eyeing the lit- 

 tle thing with a disappointed 

 curiosity). I told him I 

 would take it along for prac- 

 tice, and would let him kill 

 the game with his shot-gun. 

 With a kind of a sneer he 

 said, he thought I wanted to 

 go hunting. Very soon the 

 dog treed a squirrel in a very 

 tall hickory, and, getting 

 sight of it first, I raised the 

 rifle and down came the 

 squirrel. "Well," said he, 

 "the little thing shoots like 

 anything." Pretty soon he 

 shot at a dove about 40 yards 

 off and missed it. I raised 

 the rifle and brought it down. 

 With a puzzled air he re- 

 marked, with much emphasis. 

 " That thing shoots like the 

 mischief." It was not long 

 before the dog barked up a 

 large, tall pine tree, in which 

 we soon found a very large 

 fox squirrel. I let him take 

 two shots at the squirrel, 

 which only caused him to go 

 to the very top. Then I took 

 a shot. At the crack of the 

 rifle, the squirrel came crash- 

 ing down, shot in the head. 

 My friend then came up and 

 took the rifle in his hand and 

 examined it very closely. 



"Well," said he, "it shoots 



like the . I did not 



think it was in the thing." 



I remain, yours very truly, 



A. W. L. 



J. STEVENS & CO. "PREMIER" RIFLES, Nos. 7 and 8. 



CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. I Swiss Stock with Pore- 



end, Vernier and Open 

 Back Sights and Globe 



ArMriem Field, Jan. 10, 188S.""The nest gun 



was a 22 caliber Stevens, and a pair of beautiful 

 pistols, made by Stevens, on the Lord pattern. 

 These weapons Dr. Carver uses on the stage, and 

 does all his fancy shooting with. I eaw him dur- 

 ing the morning shoot with these pistols, in two 

 consecutive shots, two half dollars thrown in the 

 air, and he sent them whizzing away with holes 

 nearly through the center of both. Opening 

 a window, and calling upon Hans (one of his 



Vernier and Open Back Sight and Beach Front Sight. 



jfartffTTt^^ II Hi II I lllliiiili 



No. 7. a2CaL 



24 inch, $29.00. .$29.00 

 26 inch, 81.00.. 30.00 

 28 inch, 83.00.. 31.00 

 30 inch, 35.00.. 32.00 



No. 8 same style as 7, but 

 fancy finish, $2.00 extra. 



attendants) to fix up a target, I saw him Bhoot 

 twenty shots, fired at forty steps, and the bul- 

 lets could all be covered with a ten cent piece." 

 Mr. Reeves, in American Field, Dec. 6, 1884. — 

 Regarding the feat of Mr. Ira A. Paine with a 

 Stevens' Gallery Pistol, 22 caliber. He put sev- 

 eral shots in a one inch bullseye in a card, held 

 in a lady'B hand at ten yards and then hit the 

 card edgewise three shots out of four. Small 

 cards measuring four and a half by three inches 



STEVENS' 

 "EXPERT" RIFLES, 

 Nos. 5 and 6. r 



~Nf\ PJ 3J8, osq; 



24 inch, $25.00.. $25.00 

 26 inch, 27.00.. 26.00 

 28 inch, 29.00.. 27.00 

 30 inch, 31.00.. 28.00 

 No. 6 same style as 5, but 

 fancy finish, $2.00 extra. 



No. 2, 32 Cal. ; No. 1, 32, 38 and 44 Oal. 



No. 2. No.l. 



STEVENS' 

 OPEN SIGHT RIFLE. 



Were then substituted with three spots in the 

 center of the card like the three of hearts, when 

 he put a shot through each heart. The next feat 

 was firing at a walnut and grape placed on the 

 top of his wife's head, on a small pedestal about 

 one inch high. He knocked the grape off the 

 first shot, and then the walnut at the second 

 shot, all at the same distance— ten yards." 



33, 38, or 

 4* Cal. 



23 Oal. 



24 inch, $20.00. .$20.00 

 26 inch, 22.00. . 21.00 



IS S; 11:88: : ii:88 weight of nmes to pounds. 



Fancy finish, $2.00 extra. 



Stevens' "Crack-Shot " Rifle costs $6 00 more than Nos. 1 and 2. 

 The "Crack-Shot " has "Lyman" Sight on stock in place of open rear sight on barrel. Otherwise like Nos. 1 and 2. 



All Rifles or Pets are chambered for rim fire cartridges, unless otherwise ordered. On request will chamber for any desired rim or central 

 fire cartridge. 



STEVENS' HUNTERS' PET RIFLE. 



Weight of 18 Inch about 5 1-4 lbs. 

 and good for 40 rods. 



»» Eim, 33, 38 or 44 Caliber, Eim or Central Fire, with Combined Sights. 

 18 inch, $18.00. 20 inch, $19.00. 22 inch, $20.00. 24 inch, $21.00. 



HUNTERS' PET SHOT GUNS. 



Same style and price of the above, to use the Stevens' Reloading Central Fire Shell, 38 or 44 CaL or the TJ.M.C. Co.'s Berdan Primer, 20 cal. Shell. 

 NOTE, — Central Fire Hunters' Pet Rifle Barrels and Shot Barrels fitted to same frame when so ordered. Price of 18 inch, extra, $10.00. 



Price of 18 inch Shot Barrel, $13 00 



Mahogany Cases for Pet, 1 6 00 



STEVENS' NEW MODEL POCKET RIFLES. 



Weight of 10 inch about 



J8 pounds. | 



22 or 32 Cal., Rim Fire with Com- 

 bined Sights. 



10 inch. 12 inch. 15 inch. 18 inch. 

 $12.25. $13.25. $15.00. $16.50. 



Extra Barrels only, full sighted. 

 10 inch. 12 inch. 16 inch. 18 inch. 

 $6.50 $7.50 $8.50. $10.00. 



STEVENS' NEW MODEL POCKET SHOT GUNS. 



For Taxidermists' use, same style and price of the New Model Pocket Rifle, ir> use the Stevens' Reloading Brass Shells, 38 and 44 CaL 

 Mohagany Cases for New Model Pocket Rifles, 10 inch, $2.50; 12 inch, $2.75; 15 inch, $3.00; 18 inch, $3,50. 



STEVENS' OLD MODEL POCKET RIFLES. 



Weight of 10 inch, aacal,, 10 o*.> 



22 Cal. with Globe and Peep Sights. 

 10 inch, Plated rest. Japanned rest. 

 $11.00 $10.50 



6 inch, no rest, $7.00. 

 e inch, Plated rest. Japanned. 

 $10.00 $9.50 



STEVENS' GALLERY PISTOLS. 



"Conlin" Model, 10 inch Barrel, 22 Cal., weight 1% pounds, Price, $20 00 



" Lord " Model, 10 inch Barrel, 22 Cal., weight 3 pounds «■ 22 00 



"Diamond "Model, 10 inch Barrel, 22 Cal., weight 11 ounces,.,. * 10 00 Single-Shot Pistol, ' 



- " - 3% inch Barrel, $2.50. 



32 or 30 Cal. 



Single 



STEVENS' 

 Barrel Breech 

 Loading Shot Gun. 



Lengths 28 to 32 inch Barrel. 

 Weight of 12, 14 or 16 Gauge, 6 to 7 Pounds. 

 «« 10 Gauge, 6 1-2 to 7 1-4 Pounds. 



WITH FOREHAND STOCK pj ab Barrels, ti, 14 and > 6 gauge . ... 



" with ex. 26 in. Rifle Barrel, set loading tools and 25 shells 



AND STEVENS' PATENT " " 10 gauge 



Twist " 12 and 14 gauge. lg qq 



-Rf-yr/ri in 19, OT? Ifi Laminated Steel Barrels, 12 and 14 gauge 



UVLiL.— 1U, 1-4, Utf 10 Extra F i n i sh on any of the ahove .. ■ V 18 00 



„ . TTr( _, Central Fire Rifle Barrel 26 in., 32 to 44 calibre, to fit any of the above Guns, extra ™-™> 



trAUixlli. Sighted with Combined Peep and Globe and plain open Sights. 



No pevjf ehoet. 

 Ing weapon can 

 leave this fac- 

 tory. Every 

 one must make- 

 about as good s 

 target as this or 

 the inspector 

 would reject it. 



6 successive shots, 60 feet. 



Nickeled 

 frame 

 and Butt 

 $15.50 

 33.00 

 16.50 

 18.50 

 20.00 

 2.50 



He would hardly 

 allow even a 10 

 inchPocketRifla 

 to pass unless 

 it would make 

 a better target 

 than this. 



6 successive shots, 60 feet. 



11119 V should every Lawyer, Doctor, 

 nfll Preacher, Teacher, or any one 

 who needs pleasant recreation to draw 

 the miud away from their daily cares, 

 buy and constantly use some one of the 

 various arms made by J. Stevens & Co. ? 



DCfflBICC you can have more 

 DL.b Allot fan in a day with 

 a Stevens' Rifle or Pocket Rifle than with 

 a common weapon in a whole year. 



Dl7P|l||CC when any one practices 

 DHUHUoH with weapons of such 

 wonderful accuracy the interest does 

 not diminish, but increases constantly. 

 You can practice an hour or two a day, a 

 a hundred and fifty times ina year, with- 

 out tiring. When your skill is such that 

 you can make targets like the first, try 

 it at a longer distance and you will be sur- 

 prised at the pleasure that results from, 

 the accomplishment of the object. 



D C P A 1 1 C C a11 their arms are S0) 



OLUAUoE. light and convenient, 

 and easily taken apart to carry in a trunk 

 or bag, or in a small package. 



D ST P H 1 1 QIC y° u can wiUl a littJo 



DLbtiUOL, practice become a 

 really expert shot at a merely nominal 

 expense. 



D C P h I i C C wnen y° u bn ? one ot 



D L_ U H U O 8, these arms you are 

 Bure of an accurate Bhooter. Every arm 

 before it can leave their factory must by 

 actual trial make targets of which the 

 best one above is a fair sample. 

 Fisherman's outfit is complete without; 

 a two-pound Pocket Rifle with which to 

 knock over any game, large or small, he 

 is likely to come across. 



Mr. Jones, of [Pittsburgh, lately made 

 some remarkable shooting with Stevens* 

 Rifle with 54J3 short cartridge at 

 »00 yards. It is something new to 

 see a Rifle with 22 short cartridge com- 

 peting successfully on the 200 yard range 

 with Rifles of the best makers shooting 

 very much larger cartridges. 



Mr. Butler, of Syracuse, N. Y., has 

 four other Rifles of the best makes, but 

 says he uses his little Stevens' a dozen 

 - times as much as all the rest, it la 

 so convenient to carry and so wonder- 

 fully accurate. 



Mr. R. B. Fuller, 172 South Clark St.. 

 Chicago, has a twenty dollar Stevens* 

 Rifle that has been used in his shooting 

 gallery every day for eight years, 

 which is now in good order after having 

 been shot over 500,000 times. 



Mr. Carpenter, of Louisville, Ky.» 

 lately went to a turkey shoot and se- 

 cured 7 turkeys in a couple of 

 hours. He shot a 22 caliber 18 inch 

 New Model Pocket Rifle weighing 2>£ 

 pounds at 



225 yards. 



Mr. Ingersoll, who has two of the 

 finest shooting galleries in Pittsburgh 

 (and probably in the world) has at pre- 

 sent Thirty-one (31) Stevens' Ri- 

 fles in use in his galleries. 



R. P. Cory, of Consecon, Canada West! 

 I have used for three years a Stevens* 

 22-caliber Pocket Rifle, have shot it about 

 15,000 times, can kill all Borts of small 

 game with it a great deal farther than 

 with the best Shot Gun. For squirrel 

 shooting I will match this little 

 Pocket Rifle against any man 

 with the best Shot Gun that 

 can be brought forward. 



From. American Field.—" For care-' 

 ful boring and grooving, and perfection 

 of workmanship in every particular, / 

 consider the Stevens' Rifle the superior of 

 any in the market." COQUINA. ' 



My Old Model Pocket Rifle after being 

 used 8 or 9 years, is as fine as ever. 



A. R. C. 



1 have one of your J. Stevens & Co., 

 26 in. barrel, 38 calibre Rifles, and it is 

 the finest shooting rifle I ever saw. I 

 have also one of the Hunters' Pet, 32 

 calibre, the best short range rifle I ever 

 owned. They are a perfect rifle in every 



W.S.B. 



I received the 10 inch Stevens' Rifle, 

 and was very much pleased to find it the 

 best shooting article that I have eve* 

 handled. The first shot I fired, I knock- 

 ed one of Dad's hens over at 8 rods. 



C. T. T_. 



THESE ARMS ARE SOLD BY ALL PRINCIPAL DEALERS, 



AliSO BY THE GENERAL AGENTS, 



WIEBUSCH & HILGER, 84 & 86 Chambers St., New York City. 



