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CWKahrFan · October 21, 2013, 09:20 PM

It's interesting to me that you refer to the Savage as "funny-looking"...

(Pic is in this document on page 22):

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-c...stoltrials.pdf

...because if it HAD turned in the best performance and won the contract and become the US officers' trusted sidearm during that historic phase, then, I submit, IT would have been as much an "icon" as the Colt 1911 became. It would have been the ubiquitous and prolifically-produced Savage 1911... recognized, known, and loved far and wide.

There would be a famous beer known as Savage 45 Malt Liquor and there would be hordes of Savage 1911 aficionados with the attendant gunsmith specialists and coffee-table books and magazine articles... Fame is fame! It's not so much about aesthetics or mechanical perfection; it's a sociological phenomenon. Icons become "burned in our brains".

Somebody on TFL would have written an entry wondering about that loser nearly-forgotten and "funny-looking" Colt gun.

October 21, 2013, 09:20 PM	#5
CWKahrFan Senior Member Join Date: November 3, 2010 Posts: 2,016	It's interesting to me that you refer to the Savage as "funny-looking"... (Pic is in this document on page 22): http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-c...stoltrials.pdf ...because if it HAD turned in the best performance and won the contract and become the US officers' trusted sidearm during that historic phase, then, I submit, IT would have been as much an "icon" as the Colt 1911 became. It would have been the ubiquitous and prolifically-produced Savage 1911... recognized, known, and loved far and wide. There would be a famous beer known as Savage 45 Malt Liquor and there would be hordes of Savage 1911 aficionados with the attendant gunsmith specialists and coffee-table books and magazine articles... Fame is fame! It's not so much about aesthetics or mechanical perfection; it's a sociological phenomenon. Icons become "burned in our brains". Somebody on TFL would have written an entry wondering about that loser nearly-forgotten and "funny-looking" Colt gun. __________________ What did Mrs. Bullet say to Mr. Bullet? ... "We're having a BeeBee!"... IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT!... IF THE GUN FITS, SHOOT IT! "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." Last edited by CWKahrFan; October 21, 2013 at 09:35 PM.