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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: BAC on May 10, 2020, 11:01:09 PM
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Finally got a Savage 1907 a year or two ago. Really cool little gun with a really heavy trigger. Has a double-stack magazine, too.
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Savage 1907 (https://flic.kr/p/2gs2gCd) by Yeet Cannon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianchiaravalle/), on Flickr
Here's the Savage with my Smith .32 Safety Hamerless. I'm deathly afraid of removing the plating when I clean it. Sweet little revolver. Almost has sights! (Pay no attention to the targets ::))
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.32 kind of day (https://flic.kr/p/2gB6DBk) by Yeet Cannon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianchiaravalle/), on Flickr
Here are a couple of war horses. Enfield No. 2 Mk. 1 (top) and Nagant 1895 (bottom). Love shooting the top one, but shooting the Nagant is like work. I thought the Savage had a heavy trigger!
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Enfield No. 2 Mk. 1 and Nagant 1895 (https://flic.kr/p/UahEQE) by Yeet Cannon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianchiaravalle/), on Flickr
One more, just because I love this one!
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Rule Britannia! (https://flic.kr/p/UwC65h) by Yeet Cannon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianchiaravalle/), on Flickr
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Is the rifle a Lee Enfield ? finish looks more like a Lee Speed, but mag looks like a later SMLE.
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How do you like the Mag release on the Savage ? ;D
It was the 1st pistol to feature a double stack magazine.
Told ya, I love sharing these. ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9yX2nO-PxY&t=1337s
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Is the rifle a Lee Enfield ? finish looks more like a Lee Speed, but mag looks like a later SMLE.
It is a No. 4 Mk. 1. I love shooting this thing (don’t tell my Garand)!
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How do you like the Mag release on the Savage ? ;D
It was the 1st pistol to feature a double stack magazine.
Told ya, I love sharing these. ;D
The mag release took a little getting used to, but since it’s been cleaned up and properly lubed, the mag slides right out. Great for a lefty such as myself.
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Oh yes. I'll give it that. The mag pretty much shoots half out once you get it figured out.
But Lord I'm glad they settled on push button ;D
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BAC, Didn't you or some one restore a Webley, or Enfield revolver a few years back ?
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I really should do some research on mine.
It's chromed, I don't know that the factory did any of those.
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BAC, Didn't you or some one restore a Webley, or Enfield revolver a few years back ?
I got an Enfield a few years ago. Didn’t restore it though. In pretty good shape as is. Would love to get a Webley. Maybe a WWI vintage.
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If you do, get the Mk 6.
It's the only one safe with 45 ACP in moon clips.
There are a lot of earlier models with shaved cylinders to take the clips but the cylinders are not safe for 45 ACP.
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If you do, get the Mk 6.
It's the only one safe with 45 ACP in moon clips.
There are a lot of earlier models with shaved cylinders to take the clips but the cylinders are not safe for 45 ACP.
Thanks. I'll be on the lookout for that.
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This is about everything I know about them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNnd0r_a8ps
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VERY nice collection BAC. I knew some of the history of the Savage pistols of that era, but didn't know the 1907 had a double-stack mag. Here's a pistol that was too late to be one of Savage's competitors at the 1907 military pistol trials but was tested in 1917 and 1918. I never knew anything about the Grant Hammond .45, but to me it looks kind of like an Auto Mag minus the vent rib. It's so modern looking it could have been invented 40 years later. Opinions vary, of course. They also made a .32 ACP prototype with a hybrid long recoil blowback/blow forward mechanism. I haven't watched the video yet but this should be interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Vq-rfm5Rs&feature=emb_logo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVQs4YGm_XE
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I saw this clip on IMDb.com and was wondering if anyone knows what kind of pistol this is. It has a very Browning-ish look to it from what I can see, but I can't figure it out.
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Beretta 1934 .380
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Thanks, Majer! I couldn't see the open top on the slide and didn't have a clue what the heck it was. The front of the slide, dust cover and other parts of the frame I could see looked a lot like a Browning design or copy from the first quarter of the century, and I didn't even get the time frame right. I was batting 0 for 2.
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Wikipedia has a picture of the M1934 so big I reduced it to 25% to post it. It's a few years older but looks like it would be in nice shape if someone cleaned it. Beretta also made an M1935 in .32 ACP. I thought the gun in the picture would be one of those 2 calibers. Hey, I got something right! At least half-right.
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Nothing like you guys have:
My grand dad's EDC in .32S&W.
BUT I also have his "Extend all Courtesies" from Miami when he went there on a business trip there. They didn't have CCW back then.
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Nice! You don't hear much about the old .32s. I don't think I've ever seen a "courtesies" card before. That's something really special. Were you named after him Alf? I was named after both of my dead grandfathers. I wish I could have met them. One time I found a round of .32 S&W on the street in front of my mom's house. At least I think that's what it was. It's scratched up pretty bad and I haven't looked at it since I bought a new magnifying glass. I don't know anyone who owns one either. .32 Win Spl. is a whole different story.
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I don't think I've ever seen a "courtesies" card before. That's something really special. Were you named after him Alf?
It was sort of a good-ol'-boys club thing. You come to the big city and the mayor's staff gave you one of these cards. The police were suppose to turn a blind eye to minor-indiscretions, like paying for sex, public drunkenness, double parking and concealed carry. Not that Mr D did any of those things other than the latter. Mr. D. formed and was head of the US Wholesale Grocers organization. He probably was in Miami Beach for their annual convention.
In the movie Untouchables, Frank Nitty has one from the mayor of Chicago, so the CPD officer won't arrest him for concealed carry. They were evidently quite common in big cities probably through the 50's if not into the 60's
Yes I was named after him, though he passed when I was 6. I do remember fishing with him, but never got the chance to learn hunting from him.