The Sharps rifle, patented by Christian Sharps in 1848, is a large-bore single-shot rifle renowned for long-range accuracy. Savage now makes a variety of rimfire and centerfire rifles, and Stevens single-shot rifles and shotguns. In 1988 Savage successfully reorganized and improved its products. military, Lee-Enfield bolt action rifles for the British, and Browning aircraft machine guns. During World War I, Savage made Lewis aircraft machine guns and small arms, and during World War II, Savage made Thompson submachine guns for the U.S. The Savage Model also featured a rotary magazine with a counter that displayed the number of bullets remaining in its receiver. After years of tinkering with lever-action rifle designs, Savage had invented an affordable hammerless lever-action rifle with the entire mechanism enclosed in a steel receiver. Savage Arms Company was founded in 1894 by Arthur Savage in New York. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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