sw44spl
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wonderful collection thanks for posting.
Savage Pistols
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Thanks everyone for their kind words, I had forgotten about this thread.
Here's some other Savage stuff to be on the lookout for.....
These books can bring more than a gun, if you see one for under 100.00 you could probably double your money.
The pistol watch fobs are very hard to find, the indian head is pretty common, but watch out for repos. The indian heads are sterling marked on back.
Thanks everyone for their kind words, I had forgotten about this thread.
Here's some other Savage stuff to be on the lookout for.....
These books can bring more than a gun, if you see one for under 100.00 you could probably double your money.
The pistol watch fobs are very hard to find, the indian head is pretty common, but watch out for repos. The indian heads are sterling marked on back.
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WWI French contract 1907 pistol and holster set. The French contract pistols had a lanyard loop.
There were also Portuguese contract 1907's, they had grip panels made with the Portuguese crest in place of the indian head. It's my understanding that most of the grips with the crest were changed out for the indian head grips when they were brought back into the country. Anyway, the Portuguese crest grips are very rare, and it is possible to mistake a Portuguese contract for a French contract. The only way to know for sure is the serial # range.
A couple of different models of Audley Folsom holsters made for the Savages. They a pretty hard to come up with too!
Thanks again everyone.
WWI French contract 1907 pistol and holster set. The French contract pistols had a lanyard loop.
There were also Portuguese contract 1907's, they had grip panels made with the Portuguese crest in place of the indian head. It's my understanding that most of the grips with the crest were changed out for the indian head grips when they were brought back into the country. Anyway, the Portuguese crest grips are very rare, and it is possible to mistake a Portuguese contract for a French contract. The only way to know for sure is the serial # range.
A couple of different models of Audley Folsom holsters made for the Savages. They a pretty hard to come up with too!
Thanks again everyone.
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Armyphotog
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Jeed, you have a nice Savage collecton. I just added my 5th to my collection. It is a Model 1915 I never thought I would have, but here it is! I'm sorry, but I disagree with your caution about carrying the Savage pistol. Personally, I wouldn't own a firearm I didn't consider safe, and afraid to carry. All my Savages are A-1, in excellent mechanical shape, and I wouldn't hesitate to carry them anywhere, loaded but with the safety on, of course.
Ammo for Savage .380 pistol
Hello,
I just purchased a Savage .380 model 1907 or 1914 pistol. The seller didn't know if it took standard .380 acp ammo. I mainly bought it for collecting but will my gun safely load & fire modern .380 acp ammo. Appreciate any info on this fine Savage pistol.
Hello,
I just purchased a Savage .380 model 1907 or 1914 pistol. The seller didn't know if it took standard .380 acp ammo. I mainly bought it for collecting but will my gun safely load & fire modern .380 acp ammo. Appreciate any info on this fine Savage pistol.
gregintenn
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Who says you can't still carry them?
I may have missed this in someone's post and it may be off topic but didn't Savage submit a model in .45ACP for the military trials a little over 100 years ago?
Here's two variations of the Savage 45, the first from the NRA collection (much rarer), the second from Springfield Armory NHS. I wonder if Bailey Brower is gong to write a book on the Savage pistol. I know he has spoken on them at National Automatic Pistol Collectors association meetings.
I apologise for the B&W picture: my color photo was much too large to post as a thumbnail.
I apologise for the B&W picture: my color photo was much too large to post as a thumbnail.
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Jeed,
Thanks so much for the very informative article on the Savage 1907 & 1917 Models.
I just recently bought a 1917 & a few things didn't seem right, to the point where I was convinced I had been ripped off.
There were the more ample serrations & hammer-like cocker on it, but it came with a 1907 magazine that wouldn't lock into place.
Further inspection & research revealed no markings on the frame denoting it as a "Savage Model 1917" & the grips had no screws in them --- exactly as one would expect to see on the 1907.
The pictures you showed in posts #3 & #5 gave me so much insight and relief --- I was convinced that I'd had a cobbled-together amalgamation of different model-year pistols fobbed off on me.
Again, thank you so very. very much for such a concise & detailed write-up on these beautiful pistols which were truly ahead of their time.
Ivan
Thanks so much for the very informative article on the Savage 1907 & 1917 Models.
I just recently bought a 1917 & a few things didn't seem right, to the point where I was convinced I had been ripped off.
There were the more ample serrations & hammer-like cocker on it, but it came with a 1907 magazine that wouldn't lock into place.
Further inspection & research revealed no markings on the frame denoting it as a "Savage Model 1917" & the grips had no screws in them --- exactly as one would expect to see on the 1907.
The pictures you showed in posts #3 & #5 gave me so much insight and relief --- I was convinced that I'd had a cobbled-together amalgamation of different model-year pistols fobbed off on me.
Again, thank you so very. very much for such a concise & detailed write-up on these beautiful pistols which were truly ahead of their time.
Ivan
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How many bullets do the clips hold?
Well I see we have reactivated a nearly eight year old post! That's okay as I must have missed it first time and it made me order the book? OP, what price range can you find these interesting pistols in? I used to see them often at gun shows but not lately.
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