
#SAVAGE 1917 380 ACP FULL#
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All sales are final at the fall of the Auctioneer's hammer. currency or certified check drawn on an American bank. NOTE TO ALL BUYERS: Method of payment will be U.S. Payment Information: Auction sales are strictly for cash, cashier’s check or checks (with prior approval of the management), MasterCard, Visa or Discover. Please contact the auction house for the preferred shipper’s contact information The caution label has several numbers handwritten in pencil.Ĥ507 49th Avenue, Moline, Illinois, 62165-7578, United Statesĭecember 2nd - 10:00 am to 6:00 PM Buyer's Premiums: From (Incl.) The box is poor to fair with some edge separation, a few tape repairs and two missing sides on the lid. The grips are also excellent with some minor handling marks. There is some minor pitting on the frame. The pistol retains 97% original blue finish with some minor thinning overall and some minor scratches and spotting. Complete with correct factory box with the caution label on the lid and green end label.Ĭondition: Excellent. The two line address/caliber/1905 patent date marking appears on top of the slide. Fixed sights, external hammer, and checkered Savage Indian head logo embossed grips.

Would modern pistols designs have favored the svelte barrel lines of the 1907? Would designers have preferred variations on the blowback action? Answers to these and other questions, obviously, will forever linger in the realm of conjecture.Manufactured from 1917 to 1928. Which kind of make one scratch their head about what if the Savage 1907 would have won the contract. There are few guns on the market that don’t take something from the 1911, whether in action or aesthetics. This assembly was in turn housed within a modular breechblock that also contained the mainspring and a top-mounted notched extractor that doubled as a rear sight.Īrguably, the 1911 winning the military contract was a factor in its un-paralleled influence on the firearms world. The gun incorporated a hammer/cocking piece that was directly connected to the firing pin. A distinctive feature of the original design was the inclusion of checkered sheet metal stocks that were held in place by simple friction. This arm contained only 34 parts and contained no screws or flat springs. As the National Firearms Museum points out, the pistol is elegantly simple: While it didn't cut muster as a military weapon, Searle's design is interesting. And it went on to influence the designs of the Savage 19. 45 ACP, the 1907 did go on to find success as a pocket pistol chambered in. The video below, details what happened in this epic battle of designs and what did in the 1907.ĭespite the failure as a.

Of course, firearms enthusiasts all know how the story ends – the laurels and glory went to the 1911 and John Browning.
