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Thank you very much Rick. Fun and interesting side to Savage collecting. Is there a good book or internet available data base on powder cans? Have searched, nothing.

You have to locate all the early Savage catalogs and all the Savage powder cans you can find and make a list.

The only list I have seen is the one I've made.

Having to dig for information on Savage rifles and items is what I find most interesting.

The miniature bullets were around in the 1895 era. I have a box of miniature bullets marked "Savage Repeating Arms Co." Don't know about the powder.
I think the two piece boxes were replaced with one piece boxes sometime in the mid 1920's. I'm not at home or I would check the Savage cartridge book. David

Powder was listed in the 1895 catalog. I have a #1 and #2 Repeating Arms can.

If anyone has a spare "Savage Repeating Arms" can they'd let go I'd like to get to add to my display. David

I've only seen one Repeating Arms #1 and it is not for sale.

You might check with Ralph McElwain and see what he has stashed away.

I have never seen one for sale around here ! Don

Might be a bit of useless info
but this is what is in the June 1895 Catalog
I assume that the #2 you refer to Rick is the S2

If you mean powder cans in general ... 2 vol. set...
https://www.amazon.com/Gun-powder-cans-kegs-1/dp/1884849296more rare then the pistols. Don

Here's 4 powder can. These are Fug's..

First can is dark, so the original pic on the left, and a post-processed picture on the right of it lightened up.

For miniature bullets only, a Savage Repeating Arms Co. No. 2 can. No paper label on this.

Front:



Back:

Next can only has a front.. back is rusted out. Another Savage Repeating Arms Co. can.

For use with metal jacketed bullets only.

A Savage Arms Co. No can, labeled 1903. For 303 and 30-30.

And last a Savage Arms Co. can of Powder No. 2 for miniature lead cartridges No. 4.

And for fun, a couple of Savage Arms Co. "Savage Red Gun Oil" bottles - which I'm not sure I've ever seen before.

Thanks for posting the photos
Very interesting

That is the best Repeating Arms #2 can I have seen. They are all very dark and hard to read and most have missing paint or surface defects that make it even harder to read.

The Repeating Arms cans have all the info painted on. The later cans have paper labels on the back with current loading info. Many of the cans have the original loading info on the side of the can with the paper label having the updated loadings. It is typical to find the paper labels unreadable because of rust(?) coming through the paper from the can. 3 of Doug's cans out of the 4 I would consider to be in as good of condition as you will find.

Thanks for posting.

Thank you Kiwi for posting the catalog page. It seems gallery shooting was an integral part of society in the late 1800s and early 1900s.I have a 22 Colt Lightning gallery gun, but never thought large cartridges of the day would be loaded very light for that purpose.

Thank you Calhoun for posting your powder can photos. Very nice, love the cans, but I gotta say, I am especially intrigued by the glass oil bottles. I have a steel oil can, but they dont seem to be all that uncommon.

Thank you to all who have contributed to this thread. The time you have put into acquiring both knowledge and historical products from Savage is amazing. Makes the learning curve for newbies, such as myself, a little, maybe a lot, shorter.

Hope I can contribute something useful in the future.

Eric

Peter Zimmerman has a book on Savage ammo. "Savage Ammunition, Cartridges & Boxes From 1895 to 1963". This is an excellent book in it's 3rd Edition, in color, with very informative information. I forget what I paid for mine, but Pete can be reached at peterstmanuals.com

Another Link to the book

http://www.rediscovered-shooting-treasures.com/savammobookorder.htm