Savage Arms Company
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Firearms |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Headquarters | Westfield, MA |
| Products | Rifles, Shotguns |
| Parent | Vista Outdoor |
| Website | Savage Arms |
Savage Arms Company is an American firearms manufacturing company based in Westfield, Massachusetts, with a Canadian division located in Lakefield, Ontario. The company makes a variety of rimfire and centerfire rifles, as well as marketing the Stevens single-shot rifles and shotguns. They may be best known for the Model 99 hammerless lever-action rifle (no longer in production) and the very popular .300 Savage sporting cartridge, which was the parent case for the .308 Winchester cartridge. According to the ATF statistics for 2015, Savage is currently America's third largest rifle manufacturer behind Remington Arms and Sturm Ruger.
Arthur Savage founded Savage Arms in 1894, 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 a New York National Guard contract, but the contract was cancelled due to political controversy. The Model 1895 was developed into the even more successful Model 1899, later renamed Model 99, which remained in production until 1998.
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