Recent Non-Luger Acquisitions
 

At online auctions, I've won a Savage Model 1907 and yet another Llama Model IIIA in .380.
I also bought a '44 built Enfield #4 MK1 from a friend.
No pics of the rifle yet, but here are some auction house shots of the other two. (yes, the Savage is a project gun!)

Llama IIIA
 

Llama IIIA

I like both. Good find

Good scores!
I really like the little Llamas!

I have liked the Llamas since I was a kid and the Savage pistols are just too cool.

Interesting repair to the front of the Savage!

The area behind the washer was very shiny and silver. It seemed like lead solder and scraped off with my fingernail. Beneath that is what appears to be epoxy. It's anybody's guess what's under that.

The plan it to restore the nose of the slide and re-blue the entire pistol since it is entirely in the white.

I never had a Savage that would feed & function. Cool LOOKING little pistols though.

I have always liked the old Llama handguns. They are fun to shoot.

Just remember to case harden the trigger and put that front sight blade back on that Savage :D Two nice diversions, from Lugers, that is. Good luck with your project.

I was delighted to find that this one cooked right along, no misfeeds or malfunctions! I got lucky, perhaps. If so, it's about time!

The extractor was launched over my shoulder, to the left. It's in this room, and I have a magnet--wish me luck.

Other than recoil springs I've seen listed, parts for these are reputedly non-existent.

I lucked out with the grip panels on this Savage, which are steel. Most are gutta-percha and few of those are in good shape. There's one little dent at the top of one of these, but that will tap right out and be as good as new.

Lifer et al, I do have a good selection of both small frame Llama and Savage pistol parts. TH

you guys are gonna learn one day to have a supply of large clear plastic bags for disassembly.....saved many parts that way.......

This info is the nicest surprise I've had all day. Just in case...do you have an extractor in stock, Tom? ;)

Here's a question for you, et al... The nose of the slide, along with a front sight, must have an integral area that guides the slide as it navigates the barrel when the gun is fired, similar to how the barrel bushing of a 1911works. My question is how long is the internal "sleeve" that rides the barrel? It works OK with the drilled-out washer that was cobbed on, but it seems to me that it originally must have been an affair with more to bear on the barrel than the thickness of a washer. If my question is coherent, I'd be delighted to have a measurement!

These Savage pistols are interesting. While perusing auctions, I saw one that had a more traditional "tab" type spur on its hammer, while most seem to be the fluted ring type. I suspect it was an earlier example. Its rear sight, as on a couple of others I've observed, is a groove in the top of an upward swelling at the rear of the slide, whereas mine has a tiny rear sight dovetailed in. I guess I'll have to brush up on what these configurations mean in terms of when they were produced.

Their bolts and trigger systems are intriguing as well--very clever, quite intricate, and very finely made.

Very nice acquisition, congrats!

BTW great pictures too.

As per David's request, here are some pics and measurements to help with his rebuilding of the front of the slide on his Savage 1907. Sorry for the delay in posting, my Savage was not readily accessible. I included the rear sight so you can confirm yours is the same. The front of the slide is machined from solid stock and there is no separate bushing as can be seen in the pics. So yes, there is more than the width of a washer contacting the barrel, ie dimension A, .170"

last 2 pics

FYI, both the trigger and magazine release lever appear to have case hardening color with the barrel being left bare.