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1891
Arthur William Savage receives patent for a repeating rifle with single column magazine lever action

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1893
Savage receives patent for hammer-less design, striker fired mechanism, stock through bolt for rigid integration of receiver and stock

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1894
Savage Repeating Arms Co. is formed in Utica, New York.

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1895
Savage begins selling ammunition, which it continues until September 1897.

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1897
New corporation of Savage Arms is formed with eight key stockholders.

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1899
The Model 1899 lever action is launched.

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1915
Driggs Seabury-Ordnance Co. buys Savage Arms.
Savage manufactures heavy war materials for World War I.

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1920
Model 1899 name shortened to the well-known Model 99.
Savage purchases Stevens Arms Co. of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.

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1930
Savage buys A.H. Fox Gun Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Davis-Warner Arms and CrescentArms Co. of Norwich, Connecticut.
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1938
Savage accepts contract with Auto Ordinance Co. to manufacture the 45 caliber Thompson Sub Machine Gun.
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1940
Savage receives contracts from the U.S. Government to produce 30- and 50-caliber Browning machine guns.
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1941
Savage receives contract for British Lee Enfield rifles, produced at Stevens; produced 1.2 million rifles in record time.
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1945
Model 24 over-under is introduced in .410/22 LR configuration.

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1946
Post World War II, Savage closes Utica, New York plant and moves all operations to Stevens manufacturing facility.

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1957
Model 110 is introduced into the Savage bolt-action lineup.

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1960
Savage moves all production to the current location of Westfield, Massachusetts.

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1965
Model 110 gets refresh from Robert Greenleaf.
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1994
Lakefield production acquired for rimfire production.
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1995
Savage returns to private ownership, led by Ronald Coburn.
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1998
Last Model 99 is produced in Westfield, Massachusetts.
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2002
Savage introduces the AccuTrigger.

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2009
AccuStock chassis system introduced.

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2010
AXIS bolt-action rifle introduced.

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2012
Savage introduces the Rascal youth model 22LR.
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2015
The A17 is introduced, becoming the first semi-auto to safely cycle the 17 HMR using the delayed blowback system.
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2017
Savage unveils its first line of MSRs, Modern Savage Rifles.

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2018
Savage introduces AccuFit, a customizable stock to fit all shooters.
