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Took a couple weeks with the wife and toured the northeast. Visited her best friend in Connecticut, stopped by the lobby at Savage Arms, swung through New Hampshire and Maine and then came home. Got a few hours to visit with Loggah and his brother, and then a couple days later with Fug. Mecca.
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It's why true believers (collectors) bow toward New England five times a day.
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Nice grab on that T , my favorite variant, sounds like a heck of a trip.
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I told you after you go to Fug's you will never be "RIGHT" again!! Heres the syrup part you didn't see. Is that your bluing tank Don?? I thought all those pristine 99's of yours were original!!
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Finally got a few New Hampshire pics uploaded.. It was awe inspiring.
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Finally got a few New Hampshire pics uploaded.. It was awe inspiring. I am surprised looking at the ones laying out on the display case, I think even I, mainly a 22 collector, would have found something more interesting to pull out of the racks for closer examination than a 1905 Savage and a Hamilton No 27!
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But Gene,its a deluxe hamilton !!!!! it has a steel buttplate. actually i hadn't found a place to put the 2 yet.
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Don, looks like it is about time to raise that gun rack 2 foot higher so you can start another in front of it.
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What a great thread and pics!!! Thank you Calhoun!!!!
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A lot more interesting pics... Westfield plant from 1964.
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Cutaway 101
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View of milling machines inside the Chicopee Falls plant during WW2.
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Drill & tapping machines, and a lathe from Chicopee Falls during WW2. They were making Enfields, I believe.
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They made a whole lot of these during WW2... Second pic is of a gift presented to Savage Arms from Auto Ordnance on the 25th anniversary of the founding of Auto Ordnance.
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And something is really off about this pic.. Kind of sad to see that of all the 1930's models of 99s they could have on display, an EG and G is it. 99G, 99RS, 99T, 99K, cased set.. It's still good, and they have limited room, obviously.
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View of milling machines inside the Chicopee Falls plant during WW2. Neat! I have the exact same Cincinnati milling machine pictured in the far right foreground.
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Drill & tapping machines, and a lathe from Chicopee Falls during WW2. They were making Enfields, I believe. "After declaring war Great Britain once again found herself in a dire situation, facing a German invasion of her homeland and desperately in need of small arms to defend it. In 1940 they again turned to the industrial might of the United States, this time to manufacture the British designed, bolt action Enfield No. 4 Mark I .303 caliber rifle. The J. Stevens Company was selected to manufacture the weapon. The Stevens Company was a division of the Savage Arms Company, and the rifles are often referred to as the “Savage Enfield” but were actually manufactured at the J. Stevens Arms Company River Plant in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Savage was also manufacturing the 1928 Model of the Thompson Submachine Gun for the Auto-Ordnance Corporation during that period. The J. Stevens Division assisted Savage in the manufacture of a number of Thompson parts." http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2594
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View of milling machines inside the Chicopee Falls plant during WW2. Neat! I have the exact same Cincinnati milling machine pictured in the far right foreground. Okay.. how hard is it to find parts for that sucker?
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“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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