Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors 25-35, 32-40 & 38-55 numbers produced????

Rick, Those must be the numbers out of Maddis 's Winchester book ! i kind of wondered myself seems around here theres plenty of 38-55's everywhere ,not so many 32-40's tho. Don

These numbers are the ones quoted by Madis in his smaller publication "The Winchester Handbook". I don't have the page number as my copy walked away at a gunshow.
BillR

Bill,i have a copy i'll get it in a while and get the page number. Don

The millionth 1894 Winchester was produced in early 1927. Any guns produced after that date were not counted. I know there was a later run of 25-35 carbines as you still see them occasionaly at gunshows. I don`t know how Madis got these numbers but so much more is available on Winchesters as they have computerized all of their records. I think Madis passed away a few years back so we will never know where he found his data. The Winchester Book refers to a count in 1932 when all records were still available.
I can`t help but wonder how long it would take to do a caliber count for Savages from 10,000 up to the 193,000 range when Savage Arms Corporation became the company name.

303
30-30
22 HP
250-3000
38-55
25-35
32-40

7 calibers over 183000 guns approximately. Maybe someday we will know the numbers.
BillR

Bill, I went out and got the book, the Winchester handbook by George Madis, and the information is on page 147. Don

up date
mod H 25-35 116284
mod 1899 A 32-40 TD 114195
mod 1899 A 32-40 52192-- removed TD

might as well keep counting

norm

"mod 1899 A 32-40 TD 52192"

Is that info correct? The serial is way early for a TD. Have you lettered it?

my bad NOT a TD

old fart syndrom

norm

... I know how that is. Thanks.

Bill R.....

Here's a few more:

1899A 38-55.....68348

1899B 25-35.....79046

1899A 32-40.....82049

Boswellbuckhunter,
is your 32-40 A 82049 a standard 26 inch or a short rifle?
BillR

All three are standard 26" barrels..

1899A 25/35 26" 52263

Thanks Jim,
I now have records on 249 Savage 1899s in these 3 calibers. At about 500 guns I should have a fairly valid sample to estimate relative production of each model in these calibers.
At this point it appears that a "Short Rifle/takedown" in any of these three calibers is very scarce.
BillR

1899A cut down to 22" 38-55 100,252 takedown

This one posted on GB this afternoon; 1899A 26" 25-35 Takedown, 104392
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=531949225

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That is a lovely rifle mate, I just keep coming back to that photo and drooling over the puter

Johno

Here's another.

1899A 32-40 TD #152908

Brad

Got one. 1899B 25-35 1138xx