Fox Gun company of Philadelphia and moved production to Utica. The buildings included two large four-story brick structures, five large storage sheds, and one office building, a concrete mill building, steel storage building, power extension plant, shooting gallery and steel water tank with a capacity of 100,000 gallons. In July 1921, a mortgage securing five promissory notes, each for $21,416, was filed in the County Clerk's office in Utica showing that the Savage Arms Corporation had purchased a "number of buildings erected by the government" during World War I for increasing the output of Lewis machine guns at the plant. In 1920, Savage bought Stevens Arms of Chicopee, Massachusetts. As of 2018, Savage Arms was still paying the annual fee. Lame Deer offered to allow Savage to use his image as its logo in exchange for discounted rifles and an annual fee.
In 1919, Arthur Savage was approached by Chief Lame Deer to buy rifles for his tribe in New York. Savage also produced Model 1899 muskets for the Montreal Home Guard during World War I. Savage merged with the Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company during World War I and produced Lewis machine guns at Driggs-Seabury's former plant in Sharon, Pennsylvania. 380 caliber pocket pistols, the Models 1907, 1915, and 1917 based on the same patents as their. 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, and was named one of the two finalists before losing out to Colt's design, which would become the M1911 pistol. Savage was one of six companies to participate in the United States Army trials for a. The Model 1895 won a New York National Guard contract, but the contract was cancelled due to political controversy. Savage introduced the first hammerless lever-action rifle, the Model 1895, derived from Arthur Savage's Model 1892 rifle that he had designed for Colt in a failed bid for a US Army rifle contract that instead was won by the Krag–Jørgensen design. Within 20 years they were producing rifles, handguns, and ammunition. Savage Arms was founded in 1894 by Arthur Savage in Utica, New York. Later models had the selector on the top of the exposed hammer (forward/down for shotgun barrel and back/up for the rifle barrel) with a cross-bolt hammer-block safety through the receiver.Savage Arms Company - Rifles - Utica, New York - 1904
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The Stevens and early Savage models have one trigger and an exposed hammer, with a barrel selector on the right side of the receiver (up for the rifle barrel and down for the shotgun barrel) and no manual safety. As well as, a variety of finishes and grades. They came with both wood and plastic stocks that may or may not hold extra ammunition in the butt. And, the lower shotgun barrels were chambered for. The upper rifle barrels were chambered not only in. Over its many years of production, it was made in a number of versions, including a pistol grip model that is only 26 inches long. It may also be disassembled for ease of storage. 410 gauge model weighs 7 pounds, has 24-inch barrels, and an overall length of 41-inches.
In 1950, Stevens stopped making the 22-410, and Savage introduced the same gun as the Model 24. During World War II the United States Army Air Corps purchased some 15,000 Model 22-410s for use as survival guns. The Savage Model 24 was actually introduced by Stevens Arms as the Model 22-410 in 1938. It has a case colored receiver and a wood stock.
This one is in excellent condition showing minimal wear. The Savage Model 24 is an American made over-and-under combination gun manufactured by Savage Arms.