Savage Arms 87A Gill Gun 22 LR Semi-Auto Rifle

The Stevens Model 87, also known as the Savage Model 6, is a semi-automatic rifle that fires the .22 Short, .22 Long and .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridges. Produced by Stevens Arms in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, from 1938 to 1960 & then Westfield, Massachusetts from 1960 to 1982, it was in continuous production from 1938 to 1982. Nicknamed Gill Guns because of 8 cutout slots or "Gills" located on the side of the receiver that help shoot powder residue out of the chamber to let the rifle run cleaner as well as Click Clacks, 2 it was the most popular rimfire rifle of its kind in the world until the introduction of the Marlin Model 60 in 1960.