Welcome to at this time’s Photo of the Day! The Stevens Seen Loader is a .22 rimfire pump-action repeater with a single-action set off. It was made within the Twenties after Savage Arms purchased Stevens, although manufacturing started in 1908. Whereas its revealing motion identify aptly describes the rifle’s pump mechanism loading biking course of seen to the bare eye, the misnomer “Depressing Loader” bestowed by customers displays its finicky nature. The progressive design proved too bold for long-term performance given poor machining tolerances and rampant reliability points plaguing out-of-battery firing, spherical ejection/extraction, and jamming from slight put on or particles. Although the No.70 lacks handbook safeties, interlocks goal to forestall unsafe firing states. Regardless of its shortcomings, Stevens nonetheless bought over 100,000 Seen Loaders in round 25 years due to low price earlier than ending manufacturing in 1934. However lasting mechanical quirks proceed thwarting shooters, rendering this historic oddball extra admired as a novelty than a sensible firearm.
“Producer: Stevens J Arms Co
Mannequin: Visable Loader
Sort: Rifle
Gauge: 22 S L LR
Barrel: 22 inch spherical
End: blue
Inventory: walnut”
Lot 229: Stevens Visable Loader Slide Motion Rifle. (n.d.-h). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved December 21, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/2030/229/stevens-visible-loader-slide-action-rifle.
