Stevens Little Scout 14 1/2 Falling Block .22LR

This little rifle was produced between 1906 and 1941 with either an 18" or 20" barrel. The Model 14 1/2 was chambered in 22LR and was also a take down rifle. It has a two piece hardwood stock with a case colored receiver. It is a falling block utilizing a thumb knob to drop the block for loading and extraction. The Stevens Arms Company developed the .22LR cartridge in 1887. Some ways to get an approximate build date of this rifle (actual records were destroyed in a fire) is first look at the name on the barrel. If the name is shown as J. Stevens A&T (Arms & Tools) it was produced prior to 1916. If there is an SVG marking on the receiver this represents Savage Arms. Savage bought Stevens in 1921. They left the Stevens name on the produced rifles and just added the SVG on the receiver. The Stevens Model 14 is a single slab-side stock (non-take down) and I think it is chambered in .22 Long. Both the 14 and 14 1/2 are a true falling block design and not a rolling block. To see the difference between a falling block and a rolling block check out the Remington Model 4 rolling block produced between 1890 to 1930.