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88-565: Savage Arms is an American gunmaker based in Westfield, Massachusetts , with operations in Canada and China . Savage makes a variety of rimfire and centerfire rifles, as well as Stevens single-shot rifles and shotguns. The company is best known for the Model 99 lever-action rifle, no longer in production, and the .300 Savage . Savage was a subsidiary of Vista Outdoor until 2019 when it

176-530: A New York National Guard contract, but the contract was cancelled due to political controversy. Savage was one of six companies to participate in the United States Army trials for a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, and was named one of the two finalists before losing out to Colt 's design, which would become the M1911 pistol . Savage marketed a series of .32 and .380 caliber pocket pistols ,

264-415: A cross-eyed drilling ). If the rifled barrels differed in caliber, generally the layout would be an over/under using the shotgun and a centerfire rifle barrel, with a rimfire rifle barrel mounted between and to one side. These configurations, with shotgun/centerfire/rimfire barrels, are the most desirable configuration for modern collectors. The triple-barrel shotgun is the rarest configuration, and arguably

352-442: A 20-inch, medium-contour, heavy barrel with a threaded end. The Hog Hunter comes standard with v-notch iron sights. The AccuTrigger allows the shooter to adjust the strength required for a trigger pull. The Hog Hunter weighs about seven pounds. The Long Ranger Hunter variant is available chambered in .260 Remington, .300 Winchester, .338 Federal, .338 Lapua Magnum, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 x .284 Norma, and 7mm Remington. All versions except

440-518: A 24-inch barrels, except the .223 which has a 22-inch barrel. Accustock, AccuTrigger, a soft rubber recoil pad, a three-position safety, and a four-round magazine are all included. The Hog Hunter variant chambered in 338 Winchester Magnum, is a bolt-action rifle designed for hunting wild boar . It is a variant of the Model 11/111 design. Models are available for short-action .223 Remington and .308 Winchester, .338 Federal, and .350 Legend cartridges. It has

528-513: A collapsed length of 35.25 inches. The rifle weighs 7.5 pounds. Savage released the MSR-15 Long Range in 2018. The most salient feature of this variant is its 22-inch barrel. The barrel length was chosen to achieve maximum accuracy with .224 Valkyrie ammunition from long range. Specialty guns are the primary focus of Savage Arms' business. All of its product offerings fulfill a special need. Weapons designed for left-handed shooters are

616-808: A factory-installed, safe, user-adjustable trigger , called the AccuTrigger . The AccuStock , an aluminum stock embedded rail system to further enhance action stability and accuracy, was introduced by Savage in 2009. Savage was named the Manufacturer of the Year by the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence in 2003. The Savage 93R17 BTVS was awarded the "Best New Rifle" in the "Best of the Best" presentation by Shooting Times , Sporting Gun , and Shooting Gazette magazines May 15, 2007, at

704-467: A few miles from the 21st century urbanization to population densities nearly as low as early colonial times is notable if not unique. Westfield is located 10 miles (16 km) west of Springfield , 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Pittsfield , 95 miles (153 km) west of Boston , 30 miles (48 km) north of Hartford, Connecticut , 76 miles (122 km) southeast of Albany, New York , and 145 miles (233 km) northeast of New York City . At

792-463: A good example of this. Savage was the first major manufacturer to produce a left-handed hunting rifle in significant quantities, starting in 1959. Savage Arms sells 18 different firearms for left-handed shooters with products designed for big game, law enforcement, target competition, and predator hunting, including left-handed slug shotguns and bolt-action and semi-auto rimfire rifles. Savage generally releases its products as right-handed models with

880-643: A left-handed version to follow a few years later. Models not available with a stock left-handed version can usually be made to order. Savage can convert most of its products to left-handed versions because most of its receivers, bolt releases, and safeties are designed symmetrically. Savage can easily convert its products' designs by changing the bolt assembly and moving the ejection port to the opposite side, but most of its competitors have to design completely new receivers. Savage's machine tools are likewise set up to quickly and easily switch from producing right-handed products to left-handed ones and back again. Since Savage

968-604: A major fire on January 6, 1952, the Westfield Professional Building covered half a downtown city block and was six stories tall. The entire building was consumed with extensive damage to neighboring buildings because the fire department's ladder and snorkel vehicles weren't tall enough and the building did not have a sprinkler system. Subsequent zoning prohibited virtually all new construction over three stories, even after improvements in fire suppression technologies and vehicles became available. No building

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1056-412: A matte finish. The stock is oil-finished walnut. The total length of the rifle is 40.25 inches. AccuTrigger is included. The Model 116 has variants chambered for .338 Winchester and .375 Ruger. It has a 20-inch stainless steel barrel and a stainless action. The receiver is drilled and tapped for mounting a scope. It comes standard with adjustable LPA open sights. The stock is a black polymer. The bolt hand

1144-619: A new cartridge of that type: .300 Savage . Also in the same year, Savage bought Stevens Arms of Chicopee, Massachusetts . In July 1921, a mortgage securing five promissory notes, each for $ 21,416, was filed in the County Clerk's office in Utica showing that the Savage Arms Corporation had purchased a "number of buildings erected by the government" during World War I for increasing the output of Lewis machine guns at

1232-436: A one-button, one-push mechanism. The over and under barrels are 20" long. The top barrel fires .22 LR or .22 WMR rimfire ammunition, while the bottom barrel fires .410 bore shotgun shells. The lower barrel is chambered for 3" shells, allowing the use of both 3" and 2.5" birdshot, buckshot, slugs, and self-defense rounds. The rifle barrel on top has open sights. The Model 42 has a black, matte, synthetic stock. The Model 110

1320-520: A pull as low as six ounces. The Model 112 weights 12 pounds and is 49.8 inches long. The Lightweight Hunter weighs only 5.65 pounds. Savage achieved this weight by using a light-contour 20-inch barrel, spiral-fluting the bolt, machining excess metal from the receiver as well as milling cuts in the stock. Weight is also saved by using a polymer-bottom detachable four-round box magazine. Variants are available in .223 Remington, .243 Remington, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester, and 7mm-08 Remington. The barrel has

1408-534: A rate of 1 in every 375, or 3 in every 1000. Westfield's public school system consists of one preschool , seven elementary schools, a middle school, and two high schools. The city is home to Westfield State University . The Westfield Athenaeum is a free library that is open to the public. It is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and is part of the CW MARS consortium. The library was incorporated by an act of

1496-402: A rifled barrel ( German : Normaldrilling , common drilling), but may cover a much broader range of shapes and configurations. Since drillings were generally made by small manufacturers, each maker would pick whichever layout they preferred, or whatever layout the customer ordered. The most common layout was a side-by-side shotgun with a centerfire rifled barrel centered on the bottom, such as

1584-545: A safer road-walk across the bridge at the junction of Routes 187 and 20. The next road obstacle for hikers in Westfield is the Massachusetts Turnpike, beneath which hikers can safely walk. Westfield is on the fringe of the greater Northeast megalopolis —the most densely populated region of the United States—and has experienced substantial land development for suburban residential and commercial uses for

1672-407: A second bridge just to the east (downstream). The new bridge is a similar through-truss bridge with two spans totaling 368 feet (112.2 m). After the second bridge was completed, the existing bridge was refurbished; each bridge now carries traffic in one direction. Blessed Sacrament Church on North Elm Street was torn down for this project to start. The church was reconstructed on Holyoke Road and

1760-469: A selector that will allow one trigger to fire the rifle barrel. Four-barrel versions known as Vierlings generally have two triggers, and selectors to switch between both the shotgun and rifle barrels. Combination guns are over/under designs such as the Savage Model 24 , usually with a rifled barrel over a smoothbore barrel. Iron sights are commonly used for aiming the rifle, and the front sight alone

1848-469: A simple blowback action. It is targeted towards beginning shooters, small game hunters, and budget-minded plinking . It is one of the most popular plinkers in the United States due to high accuracy, being chambered in cheap, common, and readily available .22 Long Rifle, and the low price. It is unusual among semiautomatic 22s, and traditional (non-bullpup) semiautomatic rifles in general, in that it

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1936-512: A single-barrel sight picture. The barrels are all the same gauge . An unusual but notable drilling is the TP-82 , a short-barreled drilling pistol consisting of two 12.5x70mm (40-gauge) smoothbore shotgun barrels over a 5.45x39mm rifle barrel with a detachable shoulder stock that also doubled as a machete . It was developed by the Soviet Union as a survival gun for their cosmonauts , and

2024-411: A thriving industrial city in the 19th century, but in the second half of the 20th century its manufacturing base was eroded by wage competition in the U.S. Southeast , then overseas. Meanwhile, with cheap land and convenient access to east–west and north–south interstate highways, the north side developed into a warehousing center to C & S Wholesale, Home Depot, Lowes and other corporations. South of

2112-571: A variety of calibers and models. MSR-15 variants are all modern sporting rifles based on the AR platform. Savage released the MSR-15 Recon LRP in 2018. It has an adjustable gas block and an 18-inch-long barrel that make it suitable for use at long range. The gas block can be customized for use with specific kinds of ammunition. Variants come chambered in 6.8 SPC, 22 Nosler, and .224 Valkyrie . The rifle has an extended length of 38.5 inches and

2200-623: A variety of services throughout the city, and the mayor also serves as chairman of the School Committee. The City Council meets the first and third Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. Westfield was involved in a mitigation action regarding water contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The current mayor of Westfield is Michael A. McCabe. In the Massachusetts General Court ,

2288-435: A very wide variety of game , from deer to game birds, and the shooter can choose the barrel appropriate for the target in seconds. As a result, they are popular with gamekeepers who often need the flexibility of the combination gun during their activities. The earliest combination guns were called swivel guns , (not to be confused with the more widely known small cannon that is mounted on a swiveling stand or fork and allows

2376-601: A wide range of motion) which used a set of barrels designed to rotate to allow either the rifled or the smoothbore barrel to line up with a flintlock mechanism before firing. Modern combination guns tend to resemble double-barreled shotguns and double-barreled rifles , and are almost universally break open designs. Combination guns generally have a selector that allows the user to choose which barrel will fire. Three-barrel versions known as Drillings, are commonly found with two shotgun barrels and one rifle barrel, and generally have two triggers, one for each shotgun barrel, and

2464-528: Is a repeating bolt-action rifle. The Model 110 was designed by Nicholas L. Brewer in 1958 and was patented posthumously in 1963. It has been in continuous production since that time, and with the closing of Winchester's New Haven, Connecticut, plant in 2007, the Model 110 has passed the Winchester Model 70 as the oldest continuously manufactured bolt-action rifle in America. In 2018, Savage released

2552-527: Is allowed to be taller than the town's firetruck ladders. In the early 20th century, Westfield was at the center of the Pure Food movement, an effort to require stricter standards on the production of food. Louis B. Allyn , a Westfield resident and pure foods expert for McClure's Magazine , lived in Westfield until his murder. In 1906, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 . In June 2017,

2640-539: Is an odd variant of a double-barreled shotgun rather than a drilling since it lacks the rifle/shotgun combination that all the other drillings have. The triple-barrel shotgun is generally laid out like a side-by-side shotgun, with the third barrel centered and below the other two. Although, the Chiappa Triple Crown has a triangular arrangement with one on top and two below. This gives the Triple Crown

2728-456: Is available in a true left-handed version (left handed safety, charging handle, and ejector). The A Series is a new family of semi-automatic rimfire rifles aimed to replace/compete with the aging Model 64 series. The Model 93 is a series of " magnum " bolt-action rimfire rifles chambered for the .22 WMR ammunition and its neck-down derivative caliber .17 HMR . The Mark II Series is a family of bolt-action rimfire rifles chambered mainly for

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2816-487: Is bordered on the north by Southampton , on the northeast by Holyoke , on the east by West Springfield , on the southeast by Agawam , on the south by Southwick , on the southwest by Granville , on the west by Russell , and on the northwest by Montgomery . Westfield is split into the "South Side" and the "North Side" by the Westfield River , and the northwestern section of town is known as Wyben. According to

2904-552: Is chambered. The Model 112 Magnum Target rifle is a single-shot bolt-action rifle for long-range shooters. It chambers 338 Lapua Magnum cartridges. It is built around the Magnum Target Action, has a pillar-bedded 26-inch heavy barrel, and uses the Target AccuTrigger system for adjusting the amount of force necessary to affect a trigger pull. The Target AccuTrigger can be adjusted by the shooter to require

2992-415: Is mated to the receiver with thread-in headspacing. This allows for precision fabrication while keeping costs down. The use of a floating bolt head also maintains precision while helping to keep the rifle affordable. The Axis II XP has a four-round magazine and weights approximately 6.8 pounds. The barrel length is 22 inches. A fully ambidextrous straight-pull bolt-action rifle introduced in early 2021 with

3080-492: Is one of the older American arms companies still in commercial production, it would be difficult to list the number of models no longer in production made by Savage under its own name and under tradenames for retail outlets. Those most notable and still in wide use today include: For most of its history, Savage made ammunition as well as firearms. Savage marketed a wide variety of calibers. The .303 Savage , .22 Savage Hi-Power , .250-3000 Savage , and .300 Savage are some of

3168-461: Is oversized so that it can be used while wearing gloves. An internal box magazine holds three rounds. The overall length of the rifle is 41.5 inches. It weighs 7.6 pounds. Savage's standard three-position safety and AccuTrigger system come standard. The BA Stealth was named one of American Hunter's "Top New Rifles" for 2016. The BA Stealth can be chambered in .308 Winchester. It has a solid aluminum chassis and an adjustable polymer stock. It includes

3256-642: Is part of Interstate 90 extending east to Boston and west to Albany and across the United States to Seattle . About 3 miles (5 km) east of Westfield, the turnpike intersects Interstate 91 which generally follows the Connecticut River Valley south to Springfield , Hartford and New Haven or north to Canada ( Quebec ). Westfield's main north–south thoroughfare is U.S. 202 / Route 10 , which includes parts of Southwick Road, S. Maple Street, W. Silver Street, Pleasant Street, Court Street, Broad Street, Elm Street, and Southampton Road. At

3344-607: Is part of the Law Enforcement Series. Most 10FP series rifles are configured with AccuTrigger, matte-blued barreled action, heavy free-floating and button- rifled barrel, oversized bolt handle, an internal box magazine (holding four rounds), and three swivel studs for sling and bipod mounting. The Savage 10FP is similar to the Savage 110FP rifle and differ only in the action lengths and in the calibers used. The 10FP is"short action," using cartridges similar in length to

3432-601: Is sufficient to point the shotgun. Scope mounts are available for some designs. An interesting combination gun is the United States Air Force M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon and its civilian version, the Springfield Armory M6 Scout , an all-metal folding combination gun in .22 Hornet over .410 bore or .22 Long Rifle over .410 bore . A cape gun is a side-by-side version of a combination gun and

3520-494: Is the longest road in Westfield. In November 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced a $ 1.93 million grant to the city for upgrades to its segment of U.S. Route 20 . A notable choke point for north–south travel is the Great River Bridge , commonly known as the "Green Bridge", over the Westfield River . This is a three-lane through truss bridge . As of August 2007, there was an active project to create

3608-430: Is to "enrich the community of Westfield by providing open access to educational, cultural, recreational and informational resources and programs." In fiscal year 2008, the city of Westfield spent 0.87% ($ 811,000) of its budget on its public library—approximately $ 19 per person, per year ($ 25.04 adjusted for inflation to 2022). The Massachusetts Turnpike crosses Westfield just north of Westfield Center. The "Mass Pike"

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3696-493: Is typically European in origin. These were at one time popular in Southern Africa , where a wide variety of game could be encountered. British versions are commonly chambered for the .303 British service cartridge and a 12-gauge smoothbore barrel, with the rifled barrel positioned on the left. The German and Austrian cape guns have the rifled barrel on the right side, which is fired by the front trigger. The front trigger

3784-444: Is usually a set trigger as well. The German and Austrian versions are commonly chambered for 9.3×72mmR or 9.3×74mmR rifle cartridges and 16-gauge or 12-gauge shotshells , as they were commonly carried by the old gamekeepers , although they were usually chambered in a much wider variety of available rifle and shotgun cartridges. Drillings ("drilling" being German for "triplet") normally consist of two matching smoothbore barrels and

3872-459: The .22 LR ammunition, as well as the .17 HM2 for its FV varmint model. The B Series is a new family of bolt-action rimfire rifles introduced in 2017 to replace/compete with the old Mark II series, chambered for the .17 HMR , .22 LR and the .22 WMR ammunitions. Rascal is a bolt-action single-shot rimfire rifle chambered for .22 LR ammunition. In 2016, Savage arms introduced the Model 42 Takedown combination gun . It breaks down via

3960-571: The .308 Winchester . The 110FP is considered a "long action," meaning it uses cartridges similar in length to the .30-06 Springfield . Both are bolt-action, rotating bolt rifles, with dual-lug bolts and integral, non-detachable magazines, and both are available in left-handed models. The Predator Hunter Max 1 has a fluted carbon steel barrel and synthetic stock finished in a camouflage pattern. It comes in variants chambered with .204 Ruger, 22-250 Remington, .223 Remington, .243 Remington, .260 Remington, 6.5 Creedmoor and .308 Winchester. All variants have

4048-473: The Connecticut River some 10 miles (16 km) downstream. Because of its large, steep and rocky upstream watershed, the river has a history of severe flood episodes, inundating adjacent parts of Westfield several times. In spite of a complicated system of pumps, dikes, waterways, and upstream dams, Westfield lies in a floodplain zone and is still considered flood-prone. Westfield is bordered on

4136-517: The M30 Luftwaffe Drilling . A similar arrangement of a side-by-side shotgun with a rifled barrel centered on top, generally a .22 rimfire caliber or .22 Hornet, was also fairly common. Rarer were the drillings that used two rifled barrels and a single smoothbore barrel. These were harder to make, since, like a double-barreled rifle, the rifled barrels must be very carefully regulated , that is, aligned during manufacture to shoot to

4224-518: The Model 24 combination gun (a configuration uncommon in the U.S.), which sold over a million copies. Savage was one of the few American makers of affordable double-barrel shotguns including the Fox Sterlingworth , Fox Model B, and Stevens Model 311 and produced rifles and shotguns under house brand names for large store chains. During World War II , Savage turned again to military production, making heavy munitions. Savage made most of

4312-626: The Models 1907, 1915, and 1917 based on the same patents as their .45 caliber prototype. In 1915-1916 company chief designer Charles A. Nelson directed the design of new bolt-action rifles for the US military to supplement M1903 Springfield , but in the run-up of the US entrance in WWI US Army decided to adopt Pattern 1914 Enfield which was already in the serial production for the British, and Savage

4400-771: The Pocomtuc , and was called Woronoco (meaning "the winding land" ). Trading houses were built in 1639 to 1640 by European settlers from the Connecticut Colony . Massachusetts asserted jurisdiction, and prevailed after a boundary survey. In 1647, Massachusetts made Woronoco part of Springfield . Land was "incrementally purchased from the Native Americans and granted by the Springfield town meeting to English settlers, beginning in 1658." The area of Woronoco or "Streamfield" began to be permanently settled in

4488-701: The Thompson submachine guns used in World War II. Savage also produced the British No. 4 Lee–Enfield bolt-action rifle; though marked "U.S. PROPERTY," these rifles were never used by the US military and were instead sent to Britain under the Lend-Lease program. As quality wood was reserved for military gun stock production, Savage produced some Model 24 .22/.410 combo guns and Model 94 single barrel shotguns with stocks molded from Tenite plastic. After

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4576-563: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 47.4 square miles (122.7 km ), of which 46.3 square miles (120.0 km ) are land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ), or 2.24%, are water. Westfield is situated at the western edge of the downfaulted Connecticut River Valley where the Westfield River emerges from the Berkshire Hills and flows through the center of the city on its way to

4664-467: The 1660s. In 1669, "Westfield" was incorporated as an independent town; in 1920, it would be re-incorporated as a city. The name Westfield would be named for being at the time the most westerly settlement. "Streamfield" was considered a name for the town for being settled in between two "streams" that flow downtown, the Westfield River and the Little River. From its founding until 1725, Westfield

4752-449: The 19th century, the manufacture of bricks, whips, and cigars became economically important. At one point in the 19th century, Westfield was a prominent center of the buggy whip industry, and the city is still known as the "Whip City". Other firms produced bicycles, paper products, pipe organs , boilers and radiators, textile machinery, abrasives, wood products, and precision tools. Westfield transformed itself from an agricultural town into

4840-508: The 2010 census, there were 41,094 people, 15,335 households and 10,041 families residing in the city. The population density was 860.3 inhabitants per square mile (332.2/km ). There were 16,075 housing units at an average density of 331.5 per square mile (128.0/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 92.8% White , 1.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.3% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 2.2% from other races , and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.5% of

4928-471: The 212 and 220 shotguns designed specifically for hunting turkeys. In 2020 Savage released the "Savage Renegauge" also intended for turkey hunting. It makes use of a "Dual Regulating Inline Valve" in order to reduce the recoil. The gun weighs 8lbs and was released at a suggested price of $ 1,550. The Model 64 series is a semi-automatic .22 LR rifle made in Lakefield , Ontario , Canada . It operates on

5016-478: The AccuTrigger system. The Axis II XP Stainless is bolt-action hunting rifle with a stainless barreled action and a bore-sighted Weaver scope. It is made in eight common calibers. It includes AccuTrigger. It was named one of American Hunter's "Top New Rifles" for 2016. The Axis II XP line of rifles come with Bushnell Banner scopes and are chambered in a variety of ammunition. The stock is synthetic. The barrel

5104-400: The E. J. Churchill Shooting School in the U.K. Ron Coburn, then chairman and CEO of Savage Sports Corporation was honored by SHOT Business Magazine and Time4Media outdoor media group as their "2007 Man of the Year". On February 5, 2013, Coburn announced that he was stepping down after a 25-year tenure as chairman and CEO of Savage Sports Corporation. On February 6, 2013, Savage Sports announced

5192-591: The Lapua Magnum have 26-inch carbon steel barrels with an adjustable muzzle brake, which can be twisted open or closed. Except for the .338 Lapua Magnum, each version has hinged metal floorplates. The Lapua Magnum has a fixed muzzle brake and a detachable box magazine. The receiver is drilled and tapped for mounting a scope. AccuStock and AccuTrigger come standard. The weight of the Long Range Hunter varies from 8.4 pounds to 9.25 pounds depending on how it

5280-549: The Massachusetts Legislature, Chapter 88, in 1864. The Westfield Athenaeum opened at 26 Main Street on January 1, 1868, with an annual membership fee of $ 2. In 1895, it became free to Westfield residents. In 1899, the library was moved and a new building was dedicated at 6 Elm Street, the former home of James Fowler . The Athenaeum is a non-profit organization, governed by a board of directors. Its mission

5368-420: The Model 110 Tactical variant. It can be chambered in .308 Winchester, 6.5mm Creedmoor, 6mm Creedmoor, and 300 Winchester Magnum. The Tactical variant includes Savage's AccuFit system allowing shooters to customize the comb height and length-of-pull . The Savage 10FP is a bolt-action rifle based on the Model 110 rifle. There are seven variants of this rifle, each designated with an "LE" code signifying that it

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5456-541: The administration of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced a $ 300,000 grant to the city for an industrial park expansion. In 1939, Westfield became the first city in Massachusetts, as well as all of New England, to elect a female Mayor when Alice Burke defeated incumbent Raymond H. Cowing. Westfield is located at 42°7′46″N 72°44′46″W  /  42.12944°N 72.74611°W  / 42.12944; -72.74611 (42.129492, −72.745986). It

5544-555: The appointment of Ron Johnson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Johnson most recently served as President of the Sporting Group within Alliant Techsystems ("ATK"). Vista Outdoor markets firearm accessories and ammunition under brands that include Weaver Optics, Federal Premium, Speer Ammo, and Blazer. ATK, the predecessor of Vista Outdoor, announced the purchase of Savage for $ 315 million on May 13, 2013. With

5632-402: The average family size was 3.07. Age distribution was 23.8% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males. The median household income was $ 45,240, and the median family income

5720-749: The current senator, representing the Second Hampden and Hampshire district , is John Velis . The representative for the Fourth Hampden district is Kelly Pease . Westfield is located in the Eighth Massachusetts Governor's Council district and is represented by Tara Jacobs The Westfield City Council is composed of the following members: The current city council president is Brent Bean II. According to NeighborhoodScout in 2020 violent crime in Westfield such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder occurs at

5808-639: The east by linear cliffs of volcanic trap rock known as East Mountain and Provin Mountain . They are part of the Metacomet Ridge , a mountainous trap rock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border. Both mountains are traversed by the 114-mile (183 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail , that also crosses the Westfield River with an ill-advised fording or

5896-558: The east. The proposed East-West Passenger Rail service connecting Boston and Pittsfield via Worcester and Springfield would run through Westfield. As of May 2023, no formal plans exist to establish a station in the city, though local officials have expressed interest in doing so. The city is presently served by multiple Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) bus routes: Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield has charter passenger services. Bradley International Airport at Windsor Locks, Connecticut , 18 miles (29 km) to

5984-490: The high-end commercial market. One example was the four-barreled Lancaster carbine , originally designed for the Maharajah of Rewa for hunting tigers . Fünfling ("fünfling" being German for "quintuplet"), is an extremely rare type of combination gun because of its greater complexity of joining a compilation of five separate smoothbore and rifled barrels together within a single firearm design. Some of these layouts include

6072-544: The intersection of Southampton Road and North Road, Route 10 continues on Southampton Road toward Southampton while U.S. 202 follows North Road toward Holyoke . Apart from limited-access I-90, the main east–west thoroughfare is U.S. 20 , which includes parts of Russell Road, Franklin Street, Elm Street, Main Street, and Springfield Road. Route 187 also ends in Westfield. Other main roads include Western Avenue, Granville Road, Union Street, and Montgomery Road. East Mountain Road

6160-758: The junction). The town last had eastbound passenger service in 1954, local Albany, New York – Boston, Massachusetts service operated by the New York Central Railroad ; and Westfield last had local westbound service in 1953. But Pioneer Valley Railroad , a short line , and CSX , provide freight service. More than 35 motor freight carriers with nearby terminals provide competitive freight service locally and to all distant points. CT rail 's Hartford Line , as well as Amtrak 's Lake Shore Limited , Vermonter and Hartford Line continue to operate in Springfield, Massachusetts , 9.6 miles to

6248-544: The more important ammunition types sold by the firm. Westfield, Massachusetts Westfield is a city in Hampden County , in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts , United States. Westfield was first settled by Europeans in 1660. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 40,834 at the 2020 census . The area was originally inhabited by

6336-453: The past six decades. Yet it borders hilltowns to the west that were depopulated of subsistence farmers in the 19th century as land became readily available on the western frontier . With population dipping below ten per square kilometer in some upland townships, forests are reverting almost to pre-settlement conditions with wild turkey, bears, coyotes and even moose returning after absences perhaps measured in centuries. This transition over

6424-425: The plant. The buildings included two large four-story brick structures, five large storage sheds, and one office building, a concrete mill building, steel storage building, power extension plant, shooting gallery and steel water tank with a capacity of 100,000 gallons. The notes were due in 1927. In 1929 Savage acquired the A.H. Fox Gun company of Philadelphia and moved production to Utica. In 1939, Savage introduced

6512-404: The population. There were 14,797 households, of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. Of all households 25.9% were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and

6600-529: The purchase, Johnson remained with Bowtech Archery, who was not part of the sale, and Al Kasper began tenure as CEO. As of July 2018, Vista Outdoor was attempting to sell Savage Arms as part of a larger restructuring. Vista Outdoor said that expanding Savage's offerings to include handguns was too expensive. As of 2018, Savage Arms' sales made up just 7% of Vista Outdoor's overall business. As of May 2018, Savage Arms had 367 workers at its factory in Westfield, Massachusetts. On July 9, 2019, Vista Outdoor completed

6688-589: The recoil force of the gun to cycle shells. The S1200 weighs 6.8 pounds. Options for 26-inch and 28-inch barrels are available. As of 2018, Savage sold the 212 (12 gauge) and 220 (20 gauge) model shotguns. These models can be fired accurately at ranges up to 200 yards. This accuracy is mostly due to their bolt-action design. These models use Savage's AccuTrigger system to customize trigger pull weight. These models are specifically designed for firing shotgun slugs in addition to bird shot. Both models come with two-round detachable magazines. In 2019, Savage released variants of

6776-423: The river, the intersecting trends of growth of Westfield State University and declining manufacturing changed the city's character. Students comprise some 15% of Westfield's population, and the old downtown business district caters increasingly to them while mainstream shopping relocates to a commercial strip called East Main Street, part of U.S. Route 20 . Only four buildings exceed four stories in height. Until

6864-468: The sale of Savage Arms and Stevens Arms for $ 170 million to a group of investors led by Savage's management. Vista received immediate gross proceeds of $ 158 million and a $ 12-million five-year note. Vista said it will use this money, after paying associated taxes, to reduce its debt. The S1200 is the first semi-automatic shotgun sold under the Stevens brand. The S1200 uses an inertia-driven action that uses

6952-434: The same point of aim at a given distance. This requires more precision than regulation of double-barreled shotgun barrels, which are used at shorter ranges with wide patterns of shot where a small misalignment won't be significant. If the rifled barrels were the same caliber, then the three barrels were generally arranged in a triangle, both rifled barrels on top or one rifled and the smoothbore barrel on top (this being known as

7040-540: The south, has scheduled flights by most airlines. Combination gun Combination guns have a long history in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa that date back to the early days of metallic cartridge firearms. These guns are almost exclusively hunting arms. The advantage of having a single firearm that can fire both cartridges designed for rifled and smoothbore barrels is that a single gun can be used to hunt

7128-419: The war, it produced the model 67 and model 69 pump shotguns, including the model 69N stainless steel tactical pump shotgun. A variety of owners ran the company from the 1960s to the 1980s. Savage eventually ran into financial trouble in 1988 and filed for bankruptcy protection . In addition to firearms, Savage Arms Corporation also sold power lawn mowers during this period. In 2002, the company started selling

7216-400: Was $ 55,327. Males had a median income of $ 38,316 versus $ 27,459 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 20,600. About 6.9% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over. Westfield is governed by a mayor and a city council, elected every two years. The office of the mayor is responsible for

7304-570: Was finished in October 2009. The new bridge opened for traffic and the old one was closed for renovations on August 18, 2009. The old bridge reopened in July 2011, with each bridge carrying traffic in one direction. Westfield is at the junction of the former east–west Boston and Albany Railroad and a former north–south spur of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (now a rail trail south of

7392-436: Was in use from 1986 to 2006, when it was retired due to the fact that the unique ammunition it uses had degraded too far to be reliable. Vierlings ("vierling" being German for "quadruplet") generally consist of two matching smoothbore shotgun barrels, a .22 rimfire rifled barrel, and a centerfire rifled barrel. Although, they can come in a variety of configurations. Vierlings are quite rare and are almost always custom-made for

7480-486: Was spun off. Savage Arms was founded in 1894 by Arthur Savage in Utica, New York . Within 20 years they were producing rifles, handguns, and ammunition. Savage introduced the first hammerless lever-action rifle, the Model 1895 , derived from Arthur Savage's Model 1892 rifle that he had designed for Colt in a failed bid for a US Army rifle contract that instead was won by the Krag–Jørgensen design. The Model 1895 won

7568-462: Was still paying the annual fee. However, the Savage Model 1907 already bore the logo (including those made prior to 1919), and a catalog from 1903 shows Savage Arms using a similar illustration as well. In 1920 Savage restarted the production of Model 1899 as Model 99, introduced new Model 1920 bolt-action rifle based on Nelson's WWI prototypes modified for cartridges shorter than military rifle ones that would fit in Model 99 magazine, and introduced

7656-854: Was tasked with machine gun production instead. Savage merged with the Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company during World War I and produced Lewis machine guns at Driggs-Seabury's former plant in Sharon, Pennsylvania . Savage also produced Model 1899 muskets for the Montreal Home Guard during World War I. A 1979 Savage Arms catalogue claimed that in 1919, Arthur Savage was approached by Chief Lame Deer to buy rifles for his tribe in New York. Lame Deer offered to allow Savage to use his image as its logo in exchange for discounted rifles and an annual fee. As of 2018, Savage Arms

7744-563: Was the westernmost settlement in the Massachusetts Colony , and portions of it fell within the Equivalent Lands . Town meetings were held in a church meeting house until 1839, when Town Hall was erected on Broad Street. This building also served as City Hall from 1920 to 1958. Due to its alluvial lands, the inhabitants of the Westfield area were entirely devoted to agricultural pursuits for about 150 years. Early in

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