Stevens Favorite

This type of rifle action is known as a pivoting block type, or swinging block, since the breech block is pivoted on a pivot screw in the mid section of the receiver.   There appear to be basically 4 main different versions of the Favorite, the 1889, 1894, 1915, & the 418 with other sub variations made at the productions start & then again at the end. These older Favorite series had a total of 4 different versions of extractors. Most guns were made in either 22RF, while 25RF or 32RF calibers were offered.  For a long period, the Stevens name was all that remained of the New England firm, however, this situation changed in 1999, when Savage Arms once again began to produce the Stevens Favorite Rifle under the designation Model 30G.