• Misc. History

    Cooey Rifles: Another In-Depth Look at Canada's Gunmaker 

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    J.Baker
    Published on 01-09-2025 08:35 AM  Number of Views: 43 
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    Back in 2019 we published a brief piece on the H.W. Cooey Machine and Arms Company which contained a link to a great article on the history of said company which was ultimately purchased by Savage Arms in 1995 to provide them with a means to re-enter the rimfire market. This evening, while browsing through some older articles on one of my favorite publication's website I stumbled upon ...
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    H. W. Cooey Machine & Arms Company: The Forefather of the Modern Savage Rimfire Rifle 

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    J.Baker
    Published on 02-22-2019 09:00 AM
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    The history of the modern Savage Arms line of rimfire rifles dates back to long before Ron Coburn and Savage Arms purchased the Lakefield Arms company in Lakefield,     ...
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    The .22 Savage Hi-Power Cartridge 

    Published on 04-24-2016 12:27 AM
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    The 22 Savage Hi-Power was the product of the inventive genius of Charles Newton and first appeared about 1912 in the Savage Model 99 lever-action rifle. The cartridge was first called the “Imp,” and in Europe it is known as the 5.6x52R. The Hi-Power was created by necking down ...
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    Savage .223 Remington Twist Rate History 

    Published on 02-09-2015 02:00 PM
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    Over the years Savage Arms has used four different twist rates on their firearms chambered for the .223 Remington cartridge. This is primarily due to the increase in bullet weights being used by the U.S. Military and NATO ammunition, and as the bullet weights went up the twist rate had to increase accordingly to ensure bullet stabilization. Savage has used 1-7", 1-9", 1-12" and 1-14" twist rates for rifles chambered in .223.
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    Savage Utility Single-Shot Rifles & Shotguns 

    Published on 02-27-2007 07:11 AM
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    Yes, I know every company out there has offered a single shot shotgun at some time or another but how many break action rifles do we see these days? Aside from the Thompson centers, who I think more or less based their entire gun on Savages design, we don't see these to often.
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    Savage Enfield No. 4 Mk 1* 

    Published on 08-18-2003 07:04 AM
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    Like all American gun makers, Savage was doing it's part for the U.S. war effort during World War II. They made weapons, naturally, and most of these were Thompson sub-machine guns, fifty caliber machine guns, thirty caliber machine guns, various twelve gauge shotguns, and bomb fuses. Almost three million items were turned out by the Savage Arms Company and it's divisions from 1941 to 1945.
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