Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Stevens New Model Pocket Rifle, first issue

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, New Model Pocket Rifle, first issue, cal. .22.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1872–1875.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
J. Stevens & Co.¹³⁴
Type
Other
Action
Other
Caliber
.22
Made
c. 1872–1875production; ATF states no date²
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 44 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Stevens Arms” ↗, maker: J. Stevens Arms (founded 1864, Chicopee, MA) made rifle, shotgun and pistol designs
  2. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: First Issue New Model Pocket Rifle, 'Approximately 8,000 manufactured between 1872 and 1875'.
  3. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, maker: Gun Digest: 'Barrel marked "J. Stevens & Co. Chicopee Falls, Mass."'.
  4. Wikipedia, “Stevens Arms” ↗, maker: infobox: J. Stevens & Co. (1864–1886) preceded J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company (1886–1916).
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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passMaker: J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. → J. Stevens & Co.. First-issue barrels are marked J. Stevens & Co. (Gun Digest) and the firm kept that name until 1886
  2. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.

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Historical context

Patent drawing, U.S. Patent 44,123 (shown for Stevens New Model Pocket Rifle, first issue)
Shown: the patent drawing for Joshua Stevens's tip-up breech action (U.S. Patent 44,123), drawn as a pistol; not this pocket rifle.

Image: U.S. Patent 44,123, “Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms, sheet 1” by Joshua Stevens, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.