GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



Anybody can shoot all day, but a gentleman will quit when he gets enough. 



A NEW 22 CALIBER REPEATER. 



I have just been looking over what seems 

 to me one of the finest pieces of the rifle 

 maker's art I have even seen. Jt is now 

 in process of construction at the Savage 

 Arms Company's plant in Utica, and is 

 the invention of Mr. Arthur W. Savage. 



I have owned or used about every 22 

 caliber rim fire rifle, single shot or re- 

 peating, on the market ; also many now 

 obsolete. This new Savage rifle,so far as 

 mechanical construction goes, embodies 

 more valuable features than any gun of its 

 class with which I am acquainted. Of its 

 ballistic qualities, it is, of course, prema- 

 ture to judge; but I am assured the barrels 

 will be bored and rifled as accurately and 

 well as American machines and American 

 brains can accomplish. 



There is no class of firearms where in- 

 accuracy is so quickly detected as in rifles 

 taking 22 rim fire ammunition, and if ex- 

 treme accuracy be not obtainable with such 

 a weapon, it is usually soon discarded. 

 Any improvement on these rifles will be 

 heartily welcomed. The 22 has many at- 

 tractive features. The disappearance of 

 much of the large game removes the in- 

 centive to own a rifle suitable for hunting 

 large animals, but the vast increase of 

 interest in field sports has created great 

 and growing demand for rifles that may 

 be used successfully in hunting small game 

 and for target purposes at short range. 

 The 22 rim fire cartridge, particularly the 

 short, long and long rifle, supplies all these 

 demands, and, as well, provides cheapness, 

 comparative safety and a charge shorn of 

 excessive noise and recoil. Many ladies 

 use this type of arm and ammunition, prin- 

 cipally, I believe, because of the last men- 

 tioned feature. 



The new Savage 22 is a hammerless re- 

 peater, take down, with a handsome, well 

 shaped 24 pistol grip, not checkered. The 

 position of the firing pin and striker is 

 automatically indicated by an attachment 

 which - also acts as a positive safety, in 

 much the same manner as the safety slide 

 on a double shot gun. The stocks will have 

 rifle or shot gun butt and be of plain or 

 selected walnut, as required. The barrels 

 are full octagon only, and 24 inches long, 

 although on special order shorter and long- 

 er barrels, within a reasonable limit, may 

 be had. The slots are cut to take any stand 

 and sight, but the rifle will be regularly 

 furnished with bead front and V rear 

 sights. The action, however, presents the 

 most notable innovation and is a marvel 

 of ease and precision in manipulation. The 



frame is smooth and strong, with no pro- 

 jections on top except the safety indicator. 

 The mechanism is entirely contained with- 

 in the receiver and is actuated by a modi- 

 fication of the well tried sliding fore end, 

 or, so called, trombone action. The motion 

 is short and positive, permitting great 

 rapidity of fire. Ejection is accomplished 

 by expelling exploded shells smartly to the 

 right. The magazine is of the box type, 

 removable at will by a spring catch, placed 

 just within the circle of the trigger guard, 

 and is of thin steel handsomely blued and 

 finished to match the action. This box 

 will be constructed to hold 7 or 8 car- 

 tridges, placed horizontally, one on top of 

 the other. They are held automatically in 

 the magazine, which, when put in place, 

 will feed its contents into the rifle until 

 the box is empty. By carrying extra maga- 

 zines, already charged, the possessor of 

 this little gun can in an instant remove 

 the empty magazine and replace it with one 

 fully charged. The cost of extra magazines 

 will be nominal. This feature demonstrates 

 at sight its convenience and utility, for 

 the ammunition thus safely placed in such 

 a receptacle can suffer no injury; can lose 

 out no bullets nor collect any dirt, and 

 keeps a definite number of cartridges in 

 a position to facilitate most rapid insertion 

 in the rifle. This plan has all the ad- 

 vantages of the clip style of loading, with 

 several additional advantages that will 

 naturally suggest themselves. By provid- 

 ing a reasonable number of extra maga- 

 zines the work of charging may be done 

 at home, and while afield no one would be 

 obliged to even touch a cartridge. 



The use of the popular 22 long rifle cart- 

 ridge in repeating rifles has always been 

 inconvenient, and the Winchester Company 

 has never made repeaters to handle this 

 shell. The Savage box magazine, however, 

 makes its use entirely feasible. The rifle 

 can be used as a single loader without 

 cutoff, with magazine in position, or it 

 may be used as a single loader with the 

 magazine detached. 



I understand the intention is to furnish 

 rifles chambered as desired. The rifle 

 chambered for the 22 long rifle will handle 

 both 22 short and 22 long also, and will 

 be rifled with one turn in 18 inches. Those 

 chambered for the 22 short will handle that 

 shell only, and be cut with a 20 inch twist. 

 The same magazine will take the 22 long 

 rifle and the 22 long; but another maga- 

 zine will be required for the 22 short. The 

 action, however, is identical for all 3 

 cartridges. The system employed could 



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