Friday, July 26, 2013

Savage tales!

The cryptic Savage photo is somewhat explained at the other blog.
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a giddy, wild, and wonderful orgasm of innovation, design, engineering and marketing were first few decades of the 20th century.

But, just as with cars and other newfangled machines, some guns were just over-designed, over-complicated, over-built, over-priced, and sometimes just plain butt-ugly.

Savage; the Stanley Steamer of automatic handguns...inherently flawed and doomed, but interesting and collectible just the same.

9:17 PM, July 26, 2013
Old NFO said...

Nicely done Lady! Thanks! It's nice to get the 'rest of the story' so to speak.

10:08 PM, July 26, 2013
Tam said...

Anon 9:17,

You realize that Searle's design had a lower parts count than Browning's, right?

12:44 AM, July 27, 2013
Anonymous said...

Tam,

Less moving parts to a boiler than an I/C engine too...;)

8:43 AM, July 27, 2013
Tam said...

So, not "over-designed and over-complicated" then?

8:51 AM, July 27, 2013
Ed said...

Not too many deaths and injuries from internal combustion engine explosions. Boilers, on the other hand ...

It is interesting that the Savage design fired the .45 ACP round at a higher velocity than the 1911, but also had a higher perceived recoil. Given more development tweaking, the design has the potential to produce a more effective pistol.

Note the hammer mechanism instead of a striker in the pistol parts diagram:
http://www.americanrifleman.org/videos/savage-model-1907-45-acp/

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/savage-45-acp-video/

7:36 PM, July 27, 2013

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