Restoring a 100 yr Old Pistol Unlike Anything Else

This restoration was made possible thanks to Hoppes. Tig welder and accessories provided by Yeswelder. This Savage Model 1907 had clearly lived a hard life. The finish was heavily worn from years of handling, with fine micropitting, dents, scratches, scattered rust, and plenty of other signs of abuse. In this video, I take it apart and work through the restoration process to see how much of that damage can be turned around. The Savage design has a really interesting history. It was created by inventor Elbert Hamilton Searle and used an unusual rotating-barrel system. Searle believed that as the bullet moved through the rifling, it would create enough twisting force to help keep the barrel from rotating and the slide from opening too early. The idea made sense on paper, but the physics didn’t work quite the way he thought. The barrel and slide still start moving before the bullet has fully left the barrel, so the system works more like a delayed blowback design than a true locked-breech pistol. Savage later entered a larger .45 ACP version of the design in the U.S. military pistol trials, where it competed against Colt. Savage lost, and Colt’s design became the M1911. The smaller .32 ACP version lived on as the Savage Model 1907 seen here. Thanks for watching and consider subscribing! 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼: Foaming bore cleaner: https://www.primos.com/products/foami... Gun grease: https://www.primos.com/products/gun-g... Deluxe universal gun cleaning kit: https://www.primos.com/collections/ho... Lubricating oil: https://www.primos.com/collections/tr... Moisture displacing lubricant: https://www.primos.com/products/moist... 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼: https://yeswelder.com/products/alumin... For 10% off Yeswelder purchases, use coupon code JACOBGRAHAM