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The Dec 14, 1950 Retail Price list states that Weaver Telescopic sights will be fitted on 99-R and 342 rifles when shipped from stock and special order.
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If anybody looks close.. you might recognize the name of the Savage Arms Sales Manager on the accompanying letter. Thanks Rory! I've got some more research to do, but,... Joseph V. Falcon was born in 1902 in Evanston, Ill. In 1929 he was married in Evanston. (Chicago) I have Falcon's 1907 pistol that letters to him while he was at Montgomery Ward which was headquartered in Chicago in the early '30's if I recall correctly. In 1940, '49, 51 Falcon is located in Broom County, New York. 50-60 miles SW of Utica. Not sure of employment at this time. The sale literature above puts Falcon at Savage in Jan. 1952 in Chicopee as sales manager at Savage. April, 1955 - Joseph V. Falcon elected to Vice President and Director of Sales
August, 1956 - Joseph V. Falcon becomes Vice President and Asst. General Manager of Savage
Feb. or Mar. of 1957 - Joseph V. Falcon elected President upon the resignation of President Frederick F. Hickey, due to reasons of health.I have posted the Savage Exec pic on the Boardwalk that appears to be post March '57 where Falcon is President of Savage. The Falcon Rifle was presented in 1967 at retirement in Westfield. Falcon died Jan. 1994 in Hampden County, MA at age 92.
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Updated. Thanks Rory!
I've got some more research to do, but,...
Joseph V. Falcon was born in 1902 in Evanston, Ill.
In 1929 he was married in Evanston. (Chicago)
I have Falcon's 1907 pistol that letters to him while he was at Montgomery Ward which was headquartered in Chicago in the early '30's if I recall correctly.
In 1940, '49, 51 Falcon is located in Broom County, New York. 50-60 miles SW of Utica. Not sure of employment at this time.
November, 1950 - Joseph V. Falcon succeeds W.D. Higgins as Sales Manager, being hired from Drybak Corp. in Binghamton, NY
The sale literature above puts Falcon at Savage in Jan. 1952 in Chicopee as sales manager at Savage.
April, 1955 - Joseph V. Falcon elected to Vice President and Director of Sales
August, 1956 - Joseph V. Falcon becomes Vice President and Asst. General Manager of Savage
Feb. or Mar. of 1957 - Joseph V. Falcon elected President upon the resignation of President Frederick F. Hickey, due to reasons of health.
I have posted the Savage Exec pic on the Boardwalk that appears to be post March '57 where Falcon is President of Savage.
The Falcon Rifle was presented in 1967 at retirement in Westfield.
Falcon died Jan. 1994 in Hampden County, MA at age 92.
“ 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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Any of those names from the 40's come up in the Vickie sketch?
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Chris, i'll have to check!  I know Falcon had a summer place on lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfboro,supposed to be some high end savages lurking over that way. 
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The engraving of the 99CE is kind of a simplified version of the 99PE engraving. To me it's a bit of a stretch to say the CE evolved from the PE since it's a detachable magazine rifle. On the other hand the 99DE and 99PE do look like embellished 99DL's. This is also true of the Falcon, O'Conner and my rifle pictured above. Savage also used the PE basic design for the detachable magazine engraving prototype produced in the 1970's. I has the deer on the bottom of the magazine similar to the 99DE. I posted pics of it on here after I got it from Ralph McElwain in 2020.
The bottom line is that Savage kept using the basic design of the PE engraving for rifles produced in the 1960's, 1970's and 1996.
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Updated. Thanks Rory!
I've got some more research to do, but,...
Joseph V. Falcon was born in 1902 in Evanston, Ill.
In 1929 he was married in Evanston. (Chicago)
I have Falcon's 1907 pistol that letters to him while he was at Montgomery Ward which was headquartered in Chicago in the early '30's if I recall correctly.
Falcon was a buyer of firearms and sporting goods for Montgomery Ward & Co. in Chicago from 1925-1939.
In 1940, '49, 51 Falcon is located in Broome County, New York. 50-60 miles SW of Utica. Not sure of employment at this time.
Falcon was vice-president of Drybak Corp in Binghamton, NY, a hunting and clothing manufacturer from 1939-1950.
November, 1950 - Joseph V. Falcon succeeds W.D. Higgins as Sales Manager, being hired from Drybak Corp. in Binghamton, NY
The sale literature above puts Falcon at Savage in Jan. 1952 in Chicopee as sales manager at Savage.
April, 1955 - Joseph V. Falcon elected to Vice President and Director of Sales
August, 1956 - Joseph V. Falcon becomes Vice President and Asst. General Manager of Savage
Feb. or Mar. of 1957 - Joseph V. Falcon elected President upon the resignation of President Frederick F. Hickey, due to reasons of health.
I have posted the Savage Exec pic on the Boardwalk that appears to be post March '57 where Falcon is President of Savage.
The Falcon Rifle was presented in 1967 at retirement in Westfield (1950-1967).
Falcon died Jan. 1994 in Hampden County, MA at age 92. 2 years ago most didn't even know who Joseph Falcon was. The man appears to have been a sportsman with a professional career of over 40 years with 3 companies in the outdoor sporting industry.
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Umm.. I have him as designing outdoor coats for Montgomery Wards and then for Drybak's. You sure about the purchasing firearms? It would be odd that a clothing designer was also in charge of purchasing firearms.
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Umm.. I have him as designing outdoor coats for Montgomery Wards and then for Drybak's. You sure about the purchasing firearms? It would be odd that a clothing designer was also in charge of purchasing firearms.
Patents 1980394, 2349035, 2443447 Like everyone, I only know what I read. And as I've said before, take all genealogy with a grain of salt 'cause there is usually more to the picture. In Falcon's case I recently read a short bio of Falcon's that was included in his college alumni magazine. The red highlights above are directly from that magazine. No reason to not believe it. And it seems reasonable the Montgomery Ward firearms purchaser would have access to suppliers such as Savage, thus the 1907 pistol w/mother of pearl grips that letters to Falcon while at Montgomery Ward Co. I've seen some Falcon/patient sort of stuff too for Savage and Drybak, but, really haven't explored that angle at this point. I'll keep-a-looking....
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The first patent I gave was assigned to Montgomery Wards with Falcon as the designer, the second two are assigned to Drybak with Falcon the designer. Outdoor coats, if I remember right.
Most of my stuff is coming from trade magazines that announce staffing changes, or in the case of the patents from the registers of patents. I like finding announcements of events from the time they happened.
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yes LBK I do have the Wolfboro connection and my man is on it he knows the family and knows of the rifle. He is on it i might have to borrow money from LOGGAH if it becomes available I will own it. Great hunting season 195lb 10 point with a 250 Savage. Just got back from Texas 6x5 mule deer 300 plus yard shot. Great time
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yes LBK I do have the Wolfboro connection and my man is on it he knows the family and knows of the rifle. He is on it i might have to borrow money from LOGGAH if it becomes available I will own it. Great hunting season 195lb 10 point with a 250 Savage. Just got back from Texas 6x5 mule deer 300 plus yard shot. Great time Fantastic on all fronts. Congratulations. You struck like a hungry trout.................... 
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The first patent I gave was assigned to Montgomery Wards with Falcon as the designer, the second two are assigned to Drybak with Falcon the designer. Outdoor coats, if I remember right.
Most of my stuff is coming from trade magazines that announce staffing changes, or in the case of the patents from the registers of patents. I like finding announcements of events from the time they happened. All fine and good. I just have the impression that Joseph Falcon was educated/Ivy League and groomed for executive management. Which is where it appears much of his career lies. Maybe he did design things that were patent worthy, or maybe he was the responsible party for the patent worthy items?? Doesn't really matter, just curious. Interesting character with lots of Savage history nonetheless.
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I'm curious about the pistol. A pearl handled 1907 sold in the 1920's or 1930's? Is there an old thread on that?
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I'm curious about the pistol. A pearl handled 1907 sold in the 1920's or 1930's? Is there an old thread on that? No thread that I am aware of. I got the Falcon pistol & letter from Bailey. Not sure how he got it, but I'll ask next we talk. The pistol is an older pistol, shipped, returned to factory, stored for years, re-shipped to Falcon/Montgomery Ward.. I could do several posts about the man and the gun and I probably will... https://www.gunheritage.com/product...ge-presentation-savage-model-1907-pistol
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Wedding present from parents, in-laws or bride, possibly?
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Wedding present from parents, in-laws or bride, possibly? I have to review the letter again, but pretty sure it dates to early '30's. Marriage was '29. I think more likely the Montgomery Ward purchase agent had an inroad to Savage Arms. Letter/Ledgers I've viewed generally include the store that purchased the item vs. the person himself. Speculative at this point.
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Stock market crashed in October, 1929. A pre-paid wedding present that was delivered late (Jan 17, 1930) seemed possible to me rather than a random, expensive gun purchase after massive bank closures and a new marriage. But it's just a guess.
Ran into a 1950 reference which called him a firearms and outdoor equipment "specialist" at Montgomery Ward prior to his work at Drybak, and found another patent of his. This time for a gun sight from Monkey Wards (2058968). That patent lists him as the inventor, and has him living in Evanston, Ill. in September, 1934.
Seems he went from patenting stuff for Montgomery Wards to patenting stuff for Drybak, to selling for Savage. Now maybe his patents at Montgomery Wards were a "sideline" of inventions that he worked on at night and weekends that he sold to Montgomery Wards, and his full time job was helping manage outdoor sporting goods purchases and sales? But can't find any proof of that except for much later comments.
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A Joseph G. Falcon of Evanston, Illinois filed quite a number of patents in the 1890's to early 1900's. Presume that's his father. So "inventing" might have been a sideline for Joseph V... ??
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