Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors John Wright's firearms to be auctioned (1st of two)

I don't think there are any more PE's or DE's.

I bought the 800,000 99-R... John did well on that one. Bought three .380's that I needed to fill holes. Bid on several rifles that others with deeper pockets went home with.

Fun watching the "$100 a click" wars...until you are one doing the clicking.

Yea, but you only live once, and it is time LOL

I was hoping a PE in 243 was gonna pop up on the list so I could see the click wars begin. I need to make space soon anyway, sell off a a few that are just taking up space.

Good eye on the 800K serial number.

Didn't notice that one.

I got the 250A with the 22" barrel.

So there were no 20's or 20/26's in this auction and I know John had some, maybe many. I expect to see some in the second auction. I had a super sweet 20/26 in 250-3000 some years ago that I should not have sold but did and later learned it eventually wound up in John's collection that I my try to get back.

So calling dibs on that one...

There are no 20 or 26's on John's list of rifles yet we know he had at least one. There is one in the next auction but it is listed as a .30-06. I'll flag them to double check the caliber. The rifle might not be John's. Serial 12695.

That 22" 250A is the last in that group that I need but I had too many irons in the fire to bid on it. Looked like a nice rifle.

I have not been able to find either the date or auction listing for the next John Wright auction. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

The only 1920 or 20/26 in 30-06 that I'm aware of is the pre-production long action proto-type military rifle.

The long action 1920 pre-production proto-type sporting rifle that is listed in the R&D long book as being chambered in 30-06 is actually short chambered in 256 Newton. Mark Beneson sold it to John Smyrl and then Bruce Jennings got it from Smyrl's estate. Jernnings' daughter sold it to settle his estaste, no idea where it went or where it is today.

#12695 was the 1920/26 in 300 Sav. that I put together for John. There is a link above to that project detailing what was done to it and which parts are not original. I also put a note under the buttplate with some details of what was not original.

I did some minor work on another 1920 for him a year or two prior to that but I do not know if he kept that one.

Oct. 16 28 if memory serves me. Not yet posted.

Is the machine gun going into the auction on the 28 I think

The Lewis gun is gone. John sold it evidently. Don't know where it went.

His next auction is Oct. 28

The Lewis box is at my house with other items that John asked RickR and I to dispose of for the family. We have been reviewing the auction write ups for errors and have lists of the Savage rifles/pistols that John owned and have/will be auctioned.

We don't have the powder cans, reloading tools or Savage ammo.

Lucky for me.

They turn up every once and a while. 243s more common that 250s. But you already know that....

I've seen a lot of 20" 250's but not too many 22" with condition.

250A with 20 " barrel seem fairly common. When you do see an A with a 22" barrel, it's usually a 243, occasionally a 308. I I would say the 250A with a 22" barrel is not rare, but fairly uncommon.

I think late in the production run of the A's when they went to 22" standard barrels, they were probably selling twenty 243s for every one 250.

Do you think the ammo, powder cans will go to auction

Round 2 is up.

The model 20 is listed as a 30-06 Government, but there is a picture of the barrel that says 300 Savage.

Edit: It's actually a 20/26....

Did Savage ever refer to it as a 20/26?