C&R · III · 140
Stevens Hunter’s Pet No. 34 pocket rifle
Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 44 ↗
Stevens, Hunter's Pet No. 34 Pocket Rifle, cal.’s .22 short rimfire to .44-40 WCF.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1872–1900.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 44 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest Gun Values: No. 34 Hunter's Pet, "Approximately 4,000 manufactured between 1872 and 1900"
- 2. web.archive.org ↗, years: RIA (archived): Stevens No. 34 Hunter's Pet "Introduced in 1872"
- 3. web.archive.org ↗, action: RIA details: Model Tip-up (single-shot tip-up action)
- 4. Wikipedia, “Stevens Arms” ↗, country: Wikipedia: Stevens Arms, American firearms manufacturer (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts)
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1888–1916 → 1872–1900. Gun Digest gives about 4,000 made 1872–1900 and Rock Island Auction "Introduced in 1872"; the old span matched no source
Historical context
Image: U.S. Patent 44,123, “Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms, sheet 1” by Joshua Stevens, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.