The Infamous Jim B.
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Thought it would be interesting to do a walk down memory lane of most of the Savage firearms I've owned since purchasing my first one in the fall of 2001 - a 10ML-II muzzleloader. It's a bit strange to look back on now and seeing just how many I've owned over the years compared to how few I own today. There's likely a few missing that I never got included in my random group photos - at this point I don't even remember to be honest.
Fall 2004
Fall 2006
Fall 2014
Winter 2024
In the last year or so I've also added a Revel Deluxe 22WMR and a very rare, one-year only (2004) Stevens 411 Upland Sporter 12ga SxS (made by Baikal in Russia). Strangely haven't taken a single photo of the Revel Deluxe yet, but here's the Stevens 411 SxS that I rescued from the back of Fred's safe. It was supposed to be offered in 12 and 20ga, as well as .410-bore, but no 20's or 410's were ever produced. Very few of the 12ga's were imported as Savage cancelled their contract mid-year after Remington swept in and contracted with Baikal to produce several models to make up their new Spartan line of budget firearms that launched in 2005. Other than this one I've only ever seen two others in the wild - one was in a review by GunBlast in 2004 and the other came up for sale in a Rock Island auction back in 2018.
It looks a little plain next to my Grulla Armas 216 28ga/.410 SxS set (in case) and my Browning BSS Sporter 20ga SxS (top), but that's ok. Still need to find a 16ga SxS to finish my collection though.
Of all the Savage's I've bought and sold over the years the only one I really regret selling and truly miss was the 110 PEL, but when someone comes along and offers you 3x what you paid for it it's hard to say no.
Fall 2004
Fall 2006
Fall 2014
Winter 2024
In the last year or so I've also added a Revel Deluxe 22WMR and a very rare, one-year only (2004) Stevens 411 Upland Sporter 12ga SxS (made by Baikal in Russia). Strangely haven't taken a single photo of the Revel Deluxe yet, but here's the Stevens 411 SxS that I rescued from the back of Fred's safe. It was supposed to be offered in 12 and 20ga, as well as .410-bore, but no 20's or 410's were ever produced. Very few of the 12ga's were imported as Savage cancelled their contract mid-year after Remington swept in and contracted with Baikal to produce several models to make up their new Spartan line of budget firearms that launched in 2005. Other than this one I've only ever seen two others in the wild - one was in a review by GunBlast in 2004 and the other came up for sale in a Rock Island auction back in 2018.
It looks a little plain next to my Grulla Armas 216 28ga/.410 SxS set (in case) and my Browning BSS Sporter 20ga SxS (top), but that's ok. Still need to find a 16ga SxS to finish my collection though.
Of all the Savage's I've bought and sold over the years the only one I really regret selling and truly miss was the 110 PEL, but when someone comes along and offers you 3x what you paid for it it's hard to say no.
