The Gun of the Day posts will be less frequent for the new few weeks as I will be traveling. I am currently looking at featuring rimfires from other members during this time.
If you have one (or several) rimfire firearms you would like featured please PM me to discuss the details and simple picture requirements.
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See the full list of posts here
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Shout out to Sav22 over on Rimfire Central as the source for a lot of this information.
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Savage 29/29A/29B
The Savage 29 is a takedown pump/slide action 22 rifle believed to be based on the design used in the Meriden Model 15. (This being later acquired by Mossberg and from which they made their own pump 22's with almost no changes.) The Meriden design had patents in the names of two of Arthur W. Savage's sons - Arthur J. and Basil, with it being likely that Arthur W. was the actual designer. The Savage 29 is one of the few Savage guns that does not have any patent numbers as the patents expired in 1929 and they were not Savage Arm's anyway.
The original Savage 29 was introduced in 1929 to replace the Model 25. It was redesigned about 1938 and the designation changed to 29A. In 1950 it was slightly redesigned and became known as the 29B. The later versions (about 1954-67) had grooved receivers. These were referred to as 29G in the catalogs but still stamped 29B on the receivers.
Model 25: 1925-1929
Model 29: 1929-1938
Model 29A: 1938-1950 - Production appears to have stopped during the war from 1943-1945.
Model 29B: 1950-1967
My personal 1950 29B. At some point the buttstock was replaced with a checkered one from a 29A.
Dates, features, and items of note:
Here is an assortment of various Savage 29 features over the years.
And a nice collection of various model 29s with checkered stocks.
And a couple of close-ups
If you have one (or several) rimfire firearms you would like featured please PM me to discuss the details and simple picture requirements.
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See the full list of posts here
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Shout out to Sav22 over on Rimfire Central as the source for a lot of this information.
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Savage 29/29A/29B
The Savage 29 is a takedown pump/slide action 22 rifle believed to be based on the design used in the Meriden Model 15. (This being later acquired by Mossberg and from which they made their own pump 22's with almost no changes.) The Meriden design had patents in the names of two of Arthur W. Savage's sons - Arthur J. and Basil, with it being likely that Arthur W. was the actual designer. The Savage 29 is one of the few Savage guns that does not have any patent numbers as the patents expired in 1929 and they were not Savage Arm's anyway.
The original Savage 29 was introduced in 1929 to replace the Model 25. It was redesigned about 1938 and the designation changed to 29A. In 1950 it was slightly redesigned and became known as the 29B. The later versions (about 1954-67) had grooved receivers. These were referred to as 29G in the catalogs but still stamped 29B on the receivers.
Model 25: 1925-1929
Model 29: 1929-1938
Model 29A: 1938-1950 - Production appears to have stopped during the war from 1943-1945.
Model 29B: 1950-1967
My personal 1950 29B. At some point the buttstock was replaced with a checkered one from a 29A.
Dates, features, and items of note:
- The 29 internals are mechanically different than the 29A & 29B. The 29 can NOT handle high-speed ammo.
- For detailed information I recommend -This Thread- on 24hourcampfire.com.
- The 29 and 29A/29B have a visible difference in the slide release button.
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- Serial numbers were dropped with the move to Chicopee Falls in 1946/1947 and date codes were started in 1949.
- For the list of date codes refer to -This Thread-.
- Round barrels started being used around the start of WWII and the catalogs dropped "octagon" from the descriptions in the early 1940's
- When the 29 was introduced it did not have checkered stocks, that became standard a few years later and checkered stocks seem to be less common. Checkered stocks continued with the 29-A until at least 1949 and then for a short time went back to plain stocks. 29-A's without checkering are very scarce. The 29B was only ever manufactured with a plain stock.
- Bluing the slide arms started by 1953, before this the slide arms were left 'in the white'.
- Savage did make some of 29 series to be sold under store brand names such as Wards, Sears, and others.
Here is an assortment of various Savage 29 features over the years.
And a nice collection of various model 29s with checkered stocks.
And a couple of close-ups
