While the Savage pointed very naturally, it printed a bit below and left of point of aim, but the rounds formed a very compact group on the target.ĭespite its miniscule sights and gritty trigger, I found the Model 1907 to point naturally, and it was comfortable to fire. 32-caliber projectiles downrange, firing the pistol both supported and unsupported. I then set up a D-1 target at 7 yards and proceeded to send 30. The first chore was to shoot it for accuracy from a rest at a moderate 10 yards, the results of which are listed in the accompanying chart. I limited my test-firing of the Model 1907. 32 ACP ammunition both loads featured 71-grain FMJ bullets. Remington and Federal provided a quantity of. The 1907 was manufactured in 1916 and was in VG+ condition, while the 1917 left the factory around 1921 and also showed very few signs of use. My good friend Michael Jon Littman provided me with a Savage Model 1907 and a Model 1917 from his collection for this report. At the request of the French, some minor changes were made by the factory, including a lanyard ring, a fixed rear sight, a smaller burr-type cocking lever, and a loaded-chamber indicator set in Savage offered deluxe versions of the Model 1907 that featured any combination of custom engraving, gold or silver inlays, and grips made from exotic woods and ivory.Īccording to Dave Koch's website on Savage pistols, when World War I erupted, the French army was desperate for handguns and placed an order for 27,000 Savage pistols. 32 pistol, and only 9,800 units were produced by 1920. 380 ACP cartridge in 1913, it never proved as popular as the. While Savage began offering the Model 1907 chambered for the. Velocity is the average of five rounds measured 15 15 feet from the guns muzzle. Notes: Accuracy is the average of three, five-shot groups fired from an MTM Predator rest at 10 yards. While underpowered, it was embraced by European military and police forces. The Model 1900's cartridge-the 7.65mm Browning-utilized a semirimmed case 17mm long loaded with a 71-grain FMJ bullet with a rated velocity of 900 fps. It was a blowback design in which the weight of the slide and tension of the recoil spring held the breech closed until the bullet had exited the barrel. In 1900, the Belgian firm of Fabrique Nationale (FN) had introduced the Pistolet Automatique Browning Mle. As the breechblock went into battery, the section of helical groove inside the slide bore on the barrel lug, rotated the barrel to the left, and locked the barrel and breechblock together. A recoil spring located around the barrel pulled the breechblock forward, stripped the next round out of the magazine, and chambered it. As the bottom lug prevented the barrel from moving to the rear to any degree, the helical groove in the slide rotated the barrel to the right approximately 5 degrees where the lug entered a straight groove in the slide and allowed the breechblock to recoil fully, extracting the spent cartridge case.Īs the slide reciprocated, the cocking lever was forced upward as the rear end of the breechblock-to which the lever was pivoted-slid over the rear of the receiver and drew back the striker and engaged it to the sear. At the instant of firing, the barrel and breechblock/slide unit were locked together, but as the slide started rearward, it bore against the top lug. The barrel had a lug on top of the chamber that mated with a helical groove on the inside of the slide and another on the bottom that fitted into a slot in the frame. Searle's design consisted of a separate breechblock that contained a spring-loaded striker with a prominent cocking lever that was inserted into the rear of the pistol's slide where it was held in place by a tongue-and-groove system.
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