Savage 1907

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Originally Posted by schutzen-jager

Portuguese contract was originally for Direccao Material de Guerra Marinha [ navy ] in Dec.23 ,1916 after French contract was completed + not shipped as per Savage records - after first French delivery the pistols were all marked with 7.65 caliber designation that the ones sent to Portugal were not - every Portuguese one i have seen in person + in reference materials had the national crest on grips -

French models with almost 6 times production of Portuguese ones are much scarcer here -

Your information is wrong. Or at least incomplete.




Only the Navy contract had the Portuguese crest on the grips. That makes them very scarce. Curiously, most of the Navy pistols were sold to the USA in 1960 as surplus. There is one, yes you read right, one known pistol remaining in Portugal with the Portuguese crest in the grip panels.