1154 WONDERFUL SAVAGE M1907 .45 US MILITARY TEST PISTOL

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 15,000.00 USD
Estimated at 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD
SN 224. Cal. 45ACP. Exceeding scarce, original finish Savage .45 ACP as tested by the US military against the Colt. One of approximately 300 pistols made between 1907-1911 and one of just a handful of all-matching pistols with its original high polish finish. Well documented, with citation by SN in U.S. Military Automatic Pistols 1894-1920 by E. Scott Meadows on page 261 and appearing in full color on the dust jacket’s back cover. After US testing, the vast majority were reconditioned by Savage, a process that included the removal of most of the slide address, leaving only the CAL .45 marking, and refinishing the pistol with a matte blue. This particular gun is exceptional in having avoided that refurbishment, still appearing as per its original submission with full address two-line address on barrel rib referencing manufacturer, location in Utica, N.Y, and 1905 patent date suffixed by CAL .45. Safety detents marked “FIRE” and “SAFE”. Fitted with fully checkered walnut grips and magazine whose body is correctly in-the-white having a blued floorplate. Rack #36 stamped on top of left grip. Major components finished with Savage’s brilliant high-polish blue; barrel is in the white; trigger and magazine release lever are color case hardened. Detailed disassembly shows a fully matching gun, the sight bar overstamped 224/151, both grips factory matching as is the magazine. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: Savage featured on the cover of The Gun Report, Volume 37. Number 6. November 1991 and featured on pages 26-28. CONDITION: Approximately 97-98% bright original blue with the exception of the grip safety whose contact surface has greyed. Comparable condition small parts showing no suggestion of enhancement. Crisp grips with sharp checkering, the right panel having a 1” hairline crack extending up from rear base. Bright bore with sharp rifling. Perfect manual mechanics. You will look a very, very long time before finding a Savage 1907 Military .45 ACP this nice! PROVENANCE: The Collection of Edward Scott Meadows. (24-1603/LA). CURIO. $30,000-45,000.