Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this amazing slide-action rifle today for a penny start auction, this is the Savage Model 1903 Take Down!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Savage
Model: 1903 Take Down
Serial: 33684
Date of Manufacture: 1903-1922
Caliber: .22 Short / Long / Long Rifle
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 24" Octagon
Optics/Sights: Dovetailed Blade Front / Semi-Buckhorn Rear
Stock/Grips: Checkered "Half-Pistol" Knob Grip Walnut Stock w/ a Crescent-Shaped Butt / 11-Groove Wooden Forend
Action: Slide
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
A rifle that hit the market the same year the Wright Brothers first took to the air, the Savage Model 1903 had a lot going for it and is highly collectible today.
Savage – which in the 1900s was best known for its Model 99 lever-action centerfire rifle – also marketed a line of economical rimfire guns such as the single-shot Junior (Model 1904) and Target (Model 1905), little .22 caliber takedown guns that sold for about $6. A more upscale offering to those round-barrel .22s was the Model 1903.
Rather than a basic bolt-action or a lever gun, the 1903 used a pump-action system, something that was still pretty novel at the time. As such, it was an answer to the Colt Lightning and Winchester Model 1890, pump-action takedown carbines that had been introduced just a decade prior. However, one-upping Colt and Winchester, which both utilized underbarrel tube-style magazines, Savage's new gun had a detachable 7-shot box magazine.
Savage touted the loading system in a period advertisement as "An exclusive feature," saying several loaded magazines could be carried in a pocket and "instantly" loaded when needed. "This insures rapidity of fire and gives accuracy unattainable with other 22 calibre repeating rifles."
Savage at the time was based in Utica, New York, and Model 1903s are marked as such. The company also made upgraded versions of the rifle complete with fancy engraving on the receiver with animal scenes, micrometer rear sights, and English walnut furniture. There are also 16-inch carbines and .22S-only guns floating around as well. For gallery guns after 1907, Savage offered a mechanical round counter that could be installed under the pump to keep track of how many times it had been cycled.
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: 1903 Take Down
Serial: 33684
Date of Manufacture: 1903-1922
Caliber: .22 Short / Long / Long Rifle
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 24" Octagon
Optics/Sights: Dovetailed Blade Front / Semi-Buckhorn Rear
Stock/Grips: Checkered "Half-Pistol" Knob Grip Walnut Stock w/ a Crescent-Shaped Butt / 11-Groove Wooden Forend
Action: Slide
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
A rifle that hit the market the same year the Wright Brothers first took to the air, the Savage Model 1903 had a lot going for it and is highly collectible today.
Savage – which in the 1900s was best known for its Model 99 lever-action centerfire rifle – also marketed a line of economical rimfire guns such as the single-shot Junior (Model 1904) and Target (Model 1905), little .22 caliber takedown guns that sold for about $6. A more upscale offering to those round-barrel .22s was the Model 1903.
Rather than a basic bolt-action or a lever gun, the 1903 used a pump-action system, something that was still pretty novel at the time. As such, it was an answer to the Colt Lightning and Winchester Model 1890, pump-action takedown carbines that had been introduced just a decade prior. However, one-upping Colt and Winchester, which both utilized underbarrel tube-style magazines, Savage's new gun had a detachable 7-shot box magazine.
Savage touted the loading system in a period advertisement as "An exclusive feature," saying several loaded magazines could be carried in a pocket and "instantly" loaded when needed. "This insures rapidity of fire and gives accuracy unattainable with other 22 calibre repeating rifles."
Savage at the time was based in Utica, New York, and Model 1903s are marked as such. The company also made upgraded versions of the rifle complete with fancy engraving on the receiver with animal scenes, micrometer rear sights, and English walnut furniture. There are also 16-inch carbines and .22S-only guns floating around as well. For gallery guns after 1907, Savage offered a mechanical round counter that could be installed under the pump to keep track of how many times it had been cycled.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Shipping Details
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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