Savage 1907

[Aragorn243]

This particular one isn't military, but these were used by the French with 40,000 purchased and Portugal with a thousand or so.

I'm a huge fan of Savage rifles and have wanted one of these for years but kept holding out for a French purchase. Finally decided I'll probably never find one and Mike had this one today, so it came home with the Zastava 88.

Couple of interesting things about these that I learned is that is not a hammer but a cocking piece for a striker. This also has an early version of a stacked magazine which obviously beat out the Browning hi-power which gets credit for being the first. There are no screws in its construction and the grips are made of the same material as period golf balls.

Next week I'll probably find a French purchase, but I don't care, I like this one.