Riverside 215 Hammer Double Gun

The Riverside Arms Co. was a name used by the Stevens Arms & Tool Company of Chicopee Falls,MA for their less expensive shotguns. The guns were mechanically identical to the more expensive guns but were less well finished and had hardwood stocks and forearms instead of walnut. The Riverside Arms Co. name first appears in the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass., catalogue No. 54 issued circa 1914 on a hammerless double the No. 315 and a hammer double No. 215. These guns were based on G.S. Lewis Patents No. 1,086,378 granted Feb. 10, 1914, for the hammer gun and Patent No. 1,136,247 granted Apr. 20, 1915, for the hammerless gun. After the WWI Savage Arms Corp. bought Stevens so production continued until 1930 when they changed the name of their lower priced line from Riverside Arms Co. to Springfield Arms Co.