It pays to ask when looking at yard sales. I stumbled upon this one selling what looked like old antique furniture up in prescott Arizona and the stuff seemed to be going for cheap. So I asked if they had any old guns for sale. He thought about it for 5 seconds and then said yes I might. He brought out a 1917 savage pistol in 380 caliber and I didnt say anything other than yeah it sure looks old. Just by the style I said. I asked how much and he said 400 dollars, I asked to check it out and after seeing the condition I countered with 350 and again after 5 seconds he said we got a deal.. Turns out it was his great grandfathers pistol that was handed down four times. But felt his son was not and not ever going to be a responsable gun owner. Something about this new generation of kids being wild and crazy. Oh well. Here is a pic of what I got. I think I did pretty good. Only had one small scratch above right side grip near the rear which I touched up with caseys bluing.

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Well bought. The finish looks good. They are good shooters too.

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Dennis

Guns at yard sales. I gotta get outta Kalifornistan...

Actually the turn of the last century was 1999 or 2000, depending how you count. But a nice find.

IIRC, the .380 was about 10% of the production, 90% in .32...

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Great find, and I second yard and garage sales. Don't get to go to many now but did get several bargains over the years when I did go.

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