Looking to buy 1928 knurled safety

[Countryboy77]

Looking to buy a knurled 1928a1 savage safety .It was recently pointed out the knurling on the safety is incorrect and doesn't match pivot(pivot has diamonds inward,safety diamonds pointed out).Would like to buy an original no hole magazine catch as well.Im aware it will be expensive.Thanks

Edited November 24, 2024 by Countryboy77

[Countryboy77]

Bump? $200 sound fair? What I'm willing to pay and be happy about it.I didn't thing it woukd be this hard and I reached out to a Lot of companys/ people who have carried these o er the years and nothing 

Edited December 2, 2024 by Countryboy77

[Countryboy77]

Wow! Are these the new 'hens teeth' ! I cannot find one anywhere. We thought we had one until it was noticed the checkering was incorrect on the safety but the pivot was correct. I guess it's a good thing I starting stocking spares now as who knows how things will be in several years.Sure people make new parts and that's great but it would be nice to keep things " original". Should we start treating original early war time guns like the Original Colts?

 

[rpbcps]

Patience... I have waited years for some things to come up for sale, and when they did, it was worth the wait.

[TD.]

Yes, the early Savage knurled rocker pivot and safety are very difficult to find. Much more so than the Colt counterparts.

Your mention of the "checkering was incorrect on the safety" is the reason for this post. First off, it is not checkering (a mistake I made for years), it is knurling. Based on my research and experience, it became obvious that Savage Arms used different knurling patterns on the very early guns before the "diamonds in" pattern was adopted (Colt's use the "diamonds out" pattern). Knowing this, it has also been observed that the levers with the knurling that do match the "diamonds in" pattern that was ultimately adopted and used on thousands of Savage guns are also marked with the "S" mark, usually on the shaft. Something to keep in mind and watch for.

Those with my book, A Thompson Compendium, can turn to page 62 and see pictures of the different knurling patterns found on some of the early Savage guns. 

All good stuff!!!

[Autorotate]

So can I be a “Plus One”? 😁  Would like to find the same parts for an early Savage gun too.

[Countryboy77]

Yes the pivot is marked s and has diamonds in,however the safety is marked S and is diamonds out. Did Savage do any diamonds out colt style before diamonds in? Did savage do 2 styles or is the diamonds out somthing somone Did to a smooth lever.I will try to get picts.

[TSMG28]

When Savage started their production, they were experimenting with different styles of knurling on the Selector and Safety. Yes, they did make a couple different diamonds-out style, if I recall, before settling on the diamonds in style later in production. Of course, they eventually dropped the knurling altogether. 

Tom Davis covers this in one of his books. 

Also, some smooth WWII controls were modified later with various kinds of knurling, so you can encounter a wide variety of different designs. If not connected to a gun, it sometimes makes it difficult to sort out. 

[Countryboy77]

On 12/13/2024 at 11:03 AM, rpbcps said:

Patience... I have waited years for some things to come up for sale, and when they did, it was worth the wait.

Of course,I've been through that.sometimes it's the the Hunt that makes you appreciate somthing.Dodes anyone have a photo of the different knurlings Savage did.It may be an earlier one as I had bought it from a knowledgeable person,I just thought eyesight he may have made a mistake.Its possible it's a variant it's very fine diamonds out but the diamonds don't have points as the tips look flattened just a bit.Looks very well done and very high polish like colt parts but it has a 'S' on it.

[TSMG28]

The knurling on your safety is similar to another early Savage that I inspected recently. The upward diamond with a flattened top is one of the patterns that Savage was apparently experimenting with before they settled on the downward diamond pattern.  Of course, eventually they stopped knurling the controls altogether.

Having the flattened upward diamond pattern on the same gun with a downward diamond pattern is probably original if it is an early Savage gun.