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Trying to get info Vintage Savage .22 pistol

Dlirious_1Dlirious_1 Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
edited March 2008 in Ask the Experts
I recently inherited a Savage .22 Cal. L.R. Model 101(serial# 58401) pistol from my grandfather and am trying to get some info on it. I tried to research through Savage's website, but had no luck finding any info. I would like to find out more about this firearm for my personal knowledge ie: year it was made, value, and any history that might be known about this particular model. I hope to one day pass this on to my son and would like to know more about it so that I can give him a history of this firearm, for him to better value it. Any information available would be greatly appreciated.
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  • FatstratFatstrat Member Posts: 9,147
    edited November -1
    The 101 was made from 1960-68. Not alot of current value.
    Ex. $145. Gd. $84. as per 2006 Gun Traders guide.
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  • TWalkerTWalker Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    These were made when Westerns on TV ruled prime time. Every boy wanted a lever action rifle and a single action revolver just like his favorite cowboy or lawman carried. To satisfy this need, Ithaca made an inexpensive single shot .22 rifle that looked like a lever action repeater. It even had a fake magazine tube. As a plus, it was very safe and accurate. Savage made your single shot "revolver", also very safe and a good shooter. Ithaca also made a single shot shotgun that looked like a lever action. Lots of young boys from ages 10-16 got these for birthday and Christmas presents and were thrilled to own and shoot them. Back then .22 ammo could be bought at the country store for a penny and .410 shells were a dime. We were allowed to spend many a summer day or autumn Saturday in the woods with our guns and no one worried about what trouble we might get into. Often we shot glass bottles or rats in a local dump, hunted squirrels or groundhogs, or worked on a marksmanship merit badge. That's the beauty of your 101. It's a relic and remembrance of wonderful days in the past. I love to hand mine to friends and watch them try to figure out how it works. It's the gun that's also a puzzle. In my area they sell for around $100-$125 and worth every dollar.I hope you enjoy owning and shooting yours as much as I do mine. Congratulations on your inheritance.
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,042 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Neat little guns. I paid 200 for a 99% with the box!! I know it was to much, but was it really.? The box sold me on it....[:)]nambu
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  • FatstratFatstrat Member Posts: 9,147
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mm8nambu
    Neat little guns. I paid 200 for a 99% with the box!! I know it was to much, but was it really.? The box sold me on it....[:)]nambu

    I think not. As one who was a gun enthusiest BEFORE the internet, I've watched how the internet has effected gun collecting and values.
    Nearly very collector field has IMO shown and increased interest, due (also IMO) to increased availibility of info.
    This thread is a good example. 20 years ago Dilirious would've had to go to search the library or a bookstore for a reference book. Or ask a gun shop owner or gunshow vendor (who "might" give him false info). But now within hours he knows quite a bit.
    And I believe that interest in vintage .22 rimfires, while bringing up the rear, is on an increase.
    And I have a hunch that this Savage pistol w/it's unique design and history (as TWalker pointed out) and relitively short production run, will one day become desired collectables.
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