Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "Savage .45 ACP Pistols: History & Disassembly" video.

  1. +RyeOnHam Yeah, both Colt and Savage had to replace a few "missing" guns, with the presumption being that some got taken home. Which is probably where at least some of the never-refurbished Savage .45s came from.
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  2. +William Hayden It's really a pity that .45 autos weren't in demand on the civilian market at all back then. If they were maybe Savage would've continued to develop their .45 pistol alongside its .32/.380 cousin. And then the US Army probably would've bought some as secondary pistols during WW1, same way they did Colt and S&W .45 revolvers.
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  3. I wasn't even aware of the 1911 model. Kind of a pity that large-bore semi-autos weren't really in demand on the civilian market back then, so that there'd be more than 5 of them and maybe it would actually be possible for me to own one.
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  4. Keith Larsen Yeah, I'm sure Browning never intended for anything to happen with those other than firing them himself to verify that the designs worked.
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  5. newdefsys That's because after the 1907 trials, Searle just made a few refinements to the Savage while Browning made extensive improvements to the Colt, to the point that it was practically an all-new design.
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  6. +Antonello Prodomo If you think those are tiny, you should see some of John Browning's handmade prototypes that barely even have a notch in the rear sight.
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