Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Wyo1895 and his savage display.

I got the 25-35 at the James D. Julia auction in March. Sounds like its been around. It probably won't be for sale again until my estate is settled, hopefully not for another 20 or so years.

oh cool... probably the same gun as I can imagine there were not a lot 1899s made in that configuration and caliber... its a beauty for sure... regret not having bought it the first time I saw it for sale.

Also, I sent you this in the PM but what rear sight is that on your RS? Is it a Lyman #6? Like this one:



The Lyman #6 was common on the early RSs but yours would be the first I have seen on a later RS with the Redfield tang sight... most others had a sight blank instead but with Savage... never say never...

It is a Lyman #6.

I've had the plain 1895 since 1966. Killed a whitetail with it in 1967 and have shot it from time to time since.
The 1899 short rifle has a 3 digit rack number on the barrel and a 1/4" S stamped on the bottom of the receiver. The historian letter didn't shed any light on this. Possibly a Sheriff's department rifle?
The 1899 half octagon is serial number 10449 and the historian letter states that it was shipped to the "Outing Publishing Company" in April 1899. There was an "Outing" magazine in that era which must have done some sort of article on the rifle. If anyone knows anything about this I would really appreciate hearing about it. Thanks David

David, I've looked through the 1899 and 1900 Outings and didn't see an article on the Savage rifle. I'll look again later.

Very cool rifles. And yet another very early 1899 with a 1895 forearm. Great pics!

I wonder if Outing Publications had more than one magazine. The rifle was gone from the factory about two weeks. The short rifle was made in 1900.

FWIW, I just searched volumes 33-36 here... http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006060364 and found no articles on savage.

Maybe "Outing" didn't like the rifle. Who knows. David

I had an 1895 that lettered to the Outing Publishing Company. They were offering free savage lever action rifles for subscriptions.



Blair

Now that's a rare bird! Thanks for sharing.

Interesting. I'd think that the cost of the rifle back then would have been way more than the cost of the magazine.

Here's a photo of the letter. It says the rifle was a "loaner" to Outing Publishing.
Maybe Savage gave Outing a deep discount on the rifles Outing gave away. David