Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Major changes in our collections this year?

Oldgrouser what is bottom bolt action rifle? not one ive seen down here is it a carbine length?

Johno

"I would like to find Roy Chapman Andrews' Model 1920 and Elmer Keith's 1st Model 256 Newton"

Jeff, to find one of Roy Chapman Andrews' Model 1920 the American Museum of Natural History would be the logical place to start point of a long chase I suppose... The Keith's 256 Newton on the other hand might a shorter rabbit trail.

Me? It's Burton Spiller's Parker 20 gauge, the one rumoured to have been given to him by G Grouse and later gifted to Tap's son, the author William Tapply, is sadly beyond my reach, much like the Rigby embellished Savage Model 1920 residing in Maine.

Well you can't own them all. Best of health to those who are entrusted with those pieces at this time. Cheers!

I'll take a stab at it. I think it is a Remington model 7

Yes 99guy

Sorry Johno. That's a 1989 Remington Model Seven FS in a Brown Precision stock in 7mm-08 with an 18 1/2" barrel that came tuned from the Remington Custom shop for a "to do" customer up here in Canada. Accurate.

(Wished it was a Custom 250 Savage)

It looks a perfectly balanced rifle, it really is calling me agree you need one in 250 also what a nice pair that would be

Johno

I kind of feel the same way. I bought ten boxes of 190 grain Silvertips for my 303 F. Took a nice 7 point with the combo. That was the third deer in my Savage Slam. Next month I’m going on a SC pig hunt. Gun one is my 250. Gun two will be the 1902 303, if I get off my butt and get the scope sighted in.

My impression was that the gear belonging to the AMNH was left in China in anticipation of next Central Asiatic Expedition. Most people don't know that RCA got into hot water with the Chinese Government after he auctioned off a dinosaur egg. Whoever won the auction donated the egg back to the AMNH, but the Chinese wouldn't issue permits for further expeditions.

Mr. Clark sent me copies of Savage records that show that they sent 4 1920s to the AMNH for those expeditions, so I know the serial numbers, have posted them on this site several times, and I always look at even the most disreputable 1920 just in case.

This is all a very encouraging conversation to Me, even as the lowly accumulator that I am. It keeps what encourages us to push on in these endeavors, in some realistic perspective. Thank You for introducing the question Gary.

I ran into (..not over..) some personal hurdles this past year that have me seriously reevaluating how I spend my time and energy going forward,. This coming year I intend to pick out the very few projects that still reflect my humble tinkerbell ambitions, and keep the even fewer that I still intend to carry in the woods and fields, Then muster my determination to shed the remainder of guns and projects and parts that will never realistically get any more use in my hands.

I am a bit unsettled by how far I've gone down this particular rabbit hole, believing I would somehow end up better off in Watership Downs...

Happier New Year To Us All! Oh, and Happy 70th Birthday Gary!

Ok, Fiver, I'll meet you in the South Tunnel in a half hour for lunch. Hazel.*

(*Ya gotta know Watership Down to get it. A wonderful allegorical tale/morality story based on the author's exploits as a British paratrooper in WWII.)

A fella could hunt everything that needs killin around here with just a 284 and a 22-250. Course it'd be nice to have a shotgun and a .22 I suppose.

Svg250

Please check your PMs I have 2 99 Ts and am thinking of selling one of them.

Thanks

Might be nice (theoretically) to downsize to what I can use regularly, such as a bird gun, a slug gun, a center fire rifle and a rimfire rifle. But it is always nice to have backup(s) for each.

I moved a lot of stuff over the last few years to pay for a custom 2 barreled set Fox SXS in 16 gauge.

The guy that did the work's star has risen over the ensuing years and I don't think I could afford him anymore.

He is now the shop foreman at Griffin & Howe.

Its essentially done and I need to pick it up from him soon.

Wow! Thank you for sharing that. What a beautiful double. You going to hunt it?

You bet I'm going to hunt with it. I did not get it made to look at it.

That is awesome, makes me happy it will be used as intended.

It will be my go-to grouse, woodcock, pheasant and dove gun.

28 and 30 inch barrels. C/Skt and IC/IM with 2 fore-ends. one splinter and one a real petite semi-beavertail.

2 vanity details are my initials on the trigger guard and ivory tips on the fore-ends. Nash Buckingham had Bert Becker install ivory inserts in his custom guns back in the day. These are warthog tusk ivory.

Keeps getting better