4 Lee Enfield rifles, not to mention Browning aircraft machine guns in both. Army before the turn of the 20th century.Īlthough Savage Arms lost the bid to Colt, it didn’t stop Savage from going on to produce some of the finest firearms made in America - cranking out Lewis aircraft machineguns and small arms for the United States, France, Canada and Portugal during WWI.ĭuring World War II Savage Arms knocked out more than 1,400,000 Thompson submachine guns, north of a million No. Savage Arms has a long history of working with militaries across the world - they were the runner-up out of six different gun manufacturers to produce a semi-automatic pistol for the U.S. Named after its founder, Arthur Savage, who was a bit of a polymath - having invented not only the Savage Model 99 lever-action rifle (one of the first lever-action rifles to use a magazine, and one which was in production for more than 100 years) but also radial tires, the modern detachable box magazine, and torpedos. History of the Savage Arms rifleįounded over 120 years ago in 1894, Savage Arms has consistently produced high-quality firearms at affordable prices.
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