標題: [others] 客製GBB M1911 savage slide [打印本頁] 作者: yuihj 時間: 21-12-2016 22:46 標題: 客製GBB M1911 savage slide
客製GBB M1911 savage slide
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A.W. Savage was involved in setting up the original Savage Repeating Arms Co in Utica, NY which developed a number of firearms both rifles and pistols. They competed in the early trials for an auto loading pistol. It finalized down to them and Colt and we all know how that came out. The man was a tinkerer and inventor who was continually trying out something new. He moved to San Diego, CA. During 1911, he turned his attentions to the new automobile business and was working various designs. He also got involved in the tire business. However, he still worked on gun designs. In 1917 he decided to get back into the firearms business and he and his son A.J. Savage formed the A.J. Savage Munitions Company. He may have used his son's name due to previously selling his interest in the former company he was involved in Utica. There may have been a non-compete agreement in place, (this is speculation). The original goal was to make improvements on several guns already made by the old Savage Repeating Arms Co. To get their new company started they accepted an offer from the U.S. Gov't to produce M1911 slides. The slides were then to be mated to frames made by Springfield Armory. When the war ended, only a number of slides existed and no completed firearms were ever made. The factory closed it's doors. After the war, A.W. Savage went after the U.S. Gov't for payment but his claims were denied due to never having finished a single gun. He lost a lot of money. After the war, father and son got involved in a number of other businesses including citrus, oil, brick, tile and headed the San Gabriel Water Company. On Sept 22, 1938, dying of cancer, he took his own life with the single shot from a handgun. He was 83. (1)
Clawson indicates they were awarded a contract for 100,000 pistols on July 20, 1918 which was cancelled on December 4, 1918. They were to deliver 200 pistols per day at $14 per. According to Clawson, Savage did deliver a large number of springs and possibly other small parts. They were paid $13,443.69 for the inventory on hand. Clawson is careful not to confirm or deny that the Savage slides were actually made by AJ Savage. He states that the lack of their name on the slide, as required by ordnance, makes it questionable along with other arguments.