The Savage 1907 is truly amazing.
Yes, I purposely named my thread "revolvers" as I see revolvers as potentially more useful as "woods" guns vs. the very cool .32 semi autos pictured above, which although certainly could be pressed into service for anything their cartridges could be used for, are probably best for self defense pieces, particularly with the tiny sights you mentioned. We'll forgive @noelekal for posting in the wrong thread, as we always enjoy seeing his fine classic revolvers!
Take a look at the Slant Grip High Standard Supermatic and the Harrington & Richardson USRA Single Shot Target revolver or the Margolin Target Pistols or the Colt Match Revolvers.
The Savage 1907 does have a "cocking knob". It is striker fired and slide reset but you can also manually **** the striker.
The Savage 1907 does have a "cocking knob". It is striker fired and slide reset but you can also manually **** the striker.
And as mentioned above, it has a removable Fire Control Unit/Breach Block Plug.
Triple K makes reproduction magazines for all three makes.
I'll start with three I enjoy often:
A US made Savage 1907 that was built in 1913:
Ortgies made in 1924 with custom English Walnut grips:
CZ VZ(model)50 made in 1968:
Way down below, are a couple of my wartime Whermacht-proofed 7.65s ... a striker-fired 1940 Mauser Model 1934 & a 1944 fnh CZ Model 27 with scrubbed grips & the (seemingly) obligatory chip @ the safety. I’m guessing that CZ drew inspiration for it’s safety from Mauser’s Model 1910, as both the 27 & 34 share similar safeties. I reload for & shoot both pistols, always expecting the CZ to blow apart in my gloved hand. ;-)
The Mauser 34: A few years back, a friend, came into possession of his late-father’s (1st Lt., Ninth Infantry Division) WW2 service weapons & asked if I might show him how to clean, operate & of course, fire them - them being an I.B.M. M1 Carbine; a Remington Rand AND a Colt 1911 A-1, both in Boyt tanker rigs, & finally, an odd-looking Mauser pocket pistol ... a pistol that forced me online for historical & disassembly purposes.
As I was gutting the Mauser, the friend told me the story of how his father came into possession of it. Following hostilities, he was assigned to a N. African weapons turn-in depot & had a ‘friendly’ panzergrenadier for an interpreter. One day, said father was rummaging through a pile of sidearms, looking for a bring-back and eventually settled on a P-38. His interpreter asked to see it & said, “No, you do not want this one”. “It is a model that may not be safe.” “Let me find you a good pistol” ... a few minutes later & I suppose in somewhat typical 7.65 European fashion, he emerges with a very clean Kriegsmarine Mauser 1934, complete with holster & spare mag.
Fast-forward to a rather emotional couple of hours of range time where, already acquainted with M1s & 1911-A1s, I became fascinated with the fit, finish & performance of the Kreigsmarine Mauser. We would finally make our way upstairs & while waiting in line to pay the range fees, I meandered over to the consignment case & what did I find there, but the Mauser 1934, (pictured below) that followed me home that day.
The Ortgies from 1924 has a unique grip safety. Once you press it in it stays in the "FIRE" mode until you push a button on the frame. Then it pops back out into the "SAFE" mode.
Fire Mode:The barrel on the Ortgies also is easily removed and an owner could simply swap in a 380 one. The magazine worked with either 32acp or 380 rounds.
The button right behind the grip is the safety release.
Safe Mode:
