Savage Model 1917
Official wording
Savage, Model 1917 pistol, cal.’s .32 and .380.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1920–1928.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: outside reference ¹- Manufacturer
- Savage Arms Co., Utica, NYBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: outside reference ²
- Caliber
- .32 ACP, .380 ACPBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1920–1928production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ³
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 15 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Savage Arms” ↗, country: Wikipedia: Savage Arms is an American firearms company; Model 1907 article infobox origin United States, manufacturer Savage Arms, Utica, New York
- 2. Wikipedia, “Savage Model 1907” ↗, action: Wikipedia: semi-automatic pocket pistol (delayed blowback); the Models 1915 and 1917 are "very similar semi-automatic pistols"
- 3. Wikipedia, “Savage Model 1907” ↗, years: Wikipedia (Variants section): Model 1917 "made from 1920 until 1926 in .32 and from 1920 until 1928 in .380"
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Savage 1907 (6825677636).jpg” by Askild Antonsen, CC BY 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Savage Model 1907”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Savage Model 1907 is a semi-automatic pocket pistol produced by the Savage Arms, from 1907 until 1920. It was chambered in .32 ACP and, from 1913 until 1920, in .380 ACP. Although smaller in size, it is derived from the .45 semi-automatic pistol Savage submitted to the 1906-1911 US Army trials to choose a new semi-automatic sidearm. After several years of testing the Savage pistol was one of two finalists but ultimately lost to the Colt entry, which became famous as the Colt Model 1911. A total of 181 of these .45 ACP pistols were returned to Savage after the testing and sold on the civilian market.