Make: Savage

Model: 1907-19 Modification No. 2

Serial Number: 219647

Year of Manufacture: 1919-1920 (“Savage Pistols” by Bailey Brower Jr. page 84)

Caliber: .32 ACP (7.65mm Browning)

Action Type: Single Action Semi-Auto Pistol with Removable Magazine

Markings: The top of the slide is marked “SAVAGE ARMS CORP. UTICA, N.Y. U.S.A. CAL. 32. / PATENTED NOVEMBER 21, 1905. – 7.65. M-M.”. The front of the frame under the barrel is marked with the serial number “219647”.

Barrel Length: 3.75”

Sights / Optics: The front sight is a rounded blade fixed to the top of the slide. The rear sight is a square notch in a raised boss at the top rear of the slide.

Stock Configuration & Condition: The grips are two-piece checkered black hard rubber with the familiar “SAVAGE QUALITY” and Indian Head logo in relief at middle. The smooth borders show a few scattered light nicks and scuffs. The checkering and lettering are well defined. Overall, the grips rate in about Fine Condition.

Type of Finish: Blued, with a Case Colored trigger

Finish Originality: Original

Bore Condition: The bore is bright and the rifling is sharp. There is no erosion in the bore. In this writer’s opinion, the bore rates at 9/10.

Overall Condition: This handgun retains about 90% of its metal finish. The finish is thinning lightly at a few edges, mostly sharper corners. The action shows minor operational wear, and there are standard light handling marks. The screw heads are tool marked with strong slots. The markings are clear. Overall, this pistol is in about Fine Condition.

Mechanics: The action functions correctly. It has a frame mounted safety and a spur cocking lever used only in this last iteration of the 1907 pistols (previously only available on special order). The slide has 28 thin cocking serrations and is tight to the frame. We did not fire this handgun. As with all previously owned firearms, thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.

Box, Paperwork & Accessories: This pistol comes with one vintage original 10-round double stack magazine in Good Condition, with most of the blued finish having been lost, and the body showing operational wear with scattered light surface oxidation. The feed lips are intact and the spring is strong.

Our Assessment: Second only to Colt, Savage Arms Company was the most prolific American gunmaker of semi-automatic pistols of the early era. The original design for the Savage automatics was from E.H. Searle of Philadelphia, whose two patents were granted in November 1905, and whose design was put forth in the Savage Model 1907 .45 Caliber pistol for the US Army trials ca. 1907-1911. Although the Savage was not adopted at the end of the government trials, the Model 1907 spawned the popularly accepted pocket models that were made and marketed for many years. The Savage Model 1907 .32 ACP pocket pistol was one of the first to use a double-stack magazine, giving it a capacity of 10 rounds, and was advertised with the slogan “Ten Shots Quick!” It was also unique in that there were no screws, the grips snapped on, and the external spur “hammer” (the standard design was changed from a burr to a spur late in production, previously only available as a special order) was not really a hammer but a cocking piece. The classic Savage Model 1907 was a favorite of Old West legends such as “Buffalo Bill” Cody, “Bat” Masterson, and President Theodore Roosevelt.

This Savage Model 1907-19 Modification No. 2 Semi-Auto Pistol was made between 1919-1920 and is in Fine Condition. It features a 3.75” barrel, 90% of its original blued finish, classic two-piece checkered black hard rubber grips with the familiar “SAVAGE QUALITY” and Indian Head logo in relief at middle, an honest original 10-round mag, and a bright bore with sharp rifling and no erosion. This pistol is deserving of a spot in a collection of early American semi-automatic pocket pistols.