Savage 1907
Savage 1907
This is the one that really got me interested in C&R guns. This was my grandfather's gun, and my dad just passed it on to me.
I find the history (or lack thereof) interesting. My grandfather and his family were displaced from Hungary after WWII, relocated to Germany and were stuck there in less than stellar conditions for about six years. (My dad has told me childhood stories of him and my uncle finding abandoned German ammunition and destroyed Mausers, which they snuck back home so my grandfather could hobble something together and go hunting for food...) He was eventually able to immigrate to America and worked in a less than stellar part of Chicago . We're not sure when he picked it up, but it sounds like this was his secret EDC.
I just really like the idea of him coming over as an immigrant and picking this up who knows where (the gangster appropriate gun, with a lot of wear, in Chicago) and carrying when he probably wasn't even supposed to...
I find the history (or lack thereof) interesting. My grandfather and his family were displaced from Hungary after WWII, relocated to Germany and were stuck there in less than stellar conditions for about six years. (My dad has told me childhood stories of him and my uncle finding abandoned German ammunition and destroyed Mausers, which they snuck back home so my grandfather could hobble something together and go hunting for food...) He was eventually able to immigrate to America and worked in a less than stellar part of Chicago . We're not sure when he picked it up, but it sounds like this was his secret EDC.
I just really like the idea of him coming over as an immigrant and picking this up who knows where (the gangster appropriate gun, with a lot of wear, in Chicago) and carrying when he probably wasn't even supposed to...
Re: Savage 1907
holy smokes, what a great piece and a great story!
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Beautiful little pistol, Savage pistols are not appreciated enough I think.
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Re: Savage 1907
Great pistol. Im sure back then it was nice to know you had 10 shots at you command. Its great you have a spare mag, they are expensive now.
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Just not as well known as some of the more prolific brands.etprescottazusa91 wrote:Beautiful little pistol, Savage pistols are not appreciated enough I think.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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Re: Savage 1907
Great gun. That was the first handgun I ever shot (probably 11-12 yrs old...) my dad's is a .32 . He still shoots it often. The Savage was a contender against the Colt 1911, but lost in the competition for the contract...
Re: Savage 1907
Beautiful handgun and piece of history you have there!
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“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.”
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Nothing too unusual as many designs lost out to something John Browning thought upswoop85 wrote:Great gun. That was the first handgun I ever shot (probably 11-12 yrs old...) my dad's is a .32 . He still shoots it often. The Savage was a contender against the Colt 1911, but lost in the competition for the contract...
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt