C&R · III · 147
Stevens Reliable Pocket Rifle, second 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, Reliable Pocket Rifle, second issue, cal.’s .22 long rifle or .22 Stevens-Pope.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1896–1916.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: outside reference ³- Manufacturer
- J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co.Basis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- OtherBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- OtherBasis: outside reference ⁴
- Caliber
- .22 LR, .22 Stevens-PopeBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1896–1916production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ²
- Service
- Commercial
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. Wikipedia, “Stevens Arms” ↗, maker: J. Stevens Arms, Chicopee, MA
- 2. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: No. 42 Reliable Pocket Rifle, "Similar to first issue Reliable, except it has an iron frame", "Approximately 8,000 manufactured between 1896 and 1916" (the later Reliable issue, i.e. the second issue; ASAC Bulletin 21 lists the "Reliable Pocket #42")
- 3. Wikipedia, “Stevens Arms” ↗, country: "an American firearms manufacturer founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864" in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; maker of the pocket rifles
- 4. thefirearmblog.com ↗, action: the Stevens Pocket Rifle "was essentially the same firearm as the Pocket Pistol" with a longer barrel and detachable stock; the pocket pistols were "single-shot single-action pistols": a single-shot tip-up, action Other
- 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
- Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → High. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
- Evidence passYears: 1875–1896 → 1896–1916. Gun Digest dates the No. 42 Reliable Pocket Rifle, which it describes as following the "first issue Reliable", 1896–1916
Historical context
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