The first models of rifles that Newton put out were in 1914 when he tried to import various models of Mauser rifles and either rechamber them in 256 Newton or one model of Haenel rifle which he rebarreled in 256 Newton using barrels made for him by Marlin.He put in 3 orders of 24 rifles each but only one order was received and the rest canceled due to WWI. The model 1916 was first made under Newton's supervision for 16 months and about 2800 rifles were put out initially. A Receiver took over and offerd about 1250 rifles followed by Newton Arms Corp with 950 rifles and finally Kirtland Hardware with about 250 rifles finally sold off. This adds up to more than 4000 because some rifles were passed from one entity to another if not sold. The highest serial is in the low 4000 range. About 100 rifles were imported in 1922. Mauser actions and put together by Sauer. These were the FINEST rifles ever to carry the Newton name. About 1000 model 1924s were produced.
