![]() With the original cocking piece this was a very dangerous procedure and with the Hammerless model obviously impossible. It also made it possible to carry a cartridge in the barrel with the arm uncocked, by letting down the cocking piece (carefully) after a cartridge had been chambered by pulling back the slide. The spur-shaped cocking piece made it easier to cock the weapon by hand, and its observable position told the user whether the arm was cocked or not. This was a desirable change for three reasons. The Hammerless model was short lived, as its manufacture was discontinued in 1917 in favor of a new-style external cocking lever, which had a spur shape rather than the smaller, rounded (or dome shaped) piece formerly used. The new model was numbered in continuation of the same series as the original. ![]() This 1915 version is usually referred to as the Hammerless Model, though that is a misnomer since no Savage pistol has a hammer. 380 appeared this modification consisted of the addition of a grip safety (which was commendable) and the elimination of the hammer-shaped cocking lever that was exposed at the rear end of the slide in the original model. In 1915, however, a modified version of both the. Curiously, in some specimens this letter is used as a prefix to the serial number while in other specimens it will be found used as a suffix thereto. 380 caliber model was introduced in 1913, with serial numbering starting at No.
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