Savage 219 and 220 Single Shot Rifles & Shotguns
Savage Single Shot Firearms => Savage 219 Single Shot Rifles => Topic started by: Mike Armstrong on October 07, 2016, 03:21:42 PM
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Garnett, I was scanning a batch of 1968-74 vintage copies of "Guns and Ammo" to see if I could learn anything before shipping them off to a customer and noticed a Numrich Arms ad that I'd never noticed before (or forgot--1969 is a while ago....).
In the ad for replacement gun parts, mainly Remington, there was a boxed ad:
.357 MAGNUM SHOTGUN CONVERSION BARRELS. Convert your Steven-Savage single-shotgun to .357 Magnum or Stevens Models 94, 107, .22-.410, Savage Models 219, 220, and 24. Barrels are 18" lightweight full tapered ordnance steel rifles and finished in a bright luster custom blue complete with front sight and rear sight dovetail. Note: .357 Barrel fits the 22/410--The gun functioning with the lower firing pin only.
Only $19.95
This ad raises a couple of obvious questions like WHICH models of 219/220 will they fit? And does it confirm that some 94 barrels will fit some 220/219s?
I've always been a Numrich fan, especially when I lived close enough to West Hurley to go and "examine the merchandise." But I've never seen this ad before. It's from Feb, 1969 G&A, page 60. Can't email you a pic, but will send a copy of the page by snail mail for you to peruse.
Hoping that the current Hurricane misses you!
Mike Armstrong
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Mike, thanks for this info. Please send a copy of the ad. As to the hurricane, I am "High and Dry" hopefully. I have one of these barrels and know of 3 others. I believe them to be made by Savage. The 4 I mention were originally 9 MM (Rim fire) Shot Shell chambered. Mine was rifled and stamped under the Savage markings ".357". yes, the barrel will fit a M24 O/U. A friend has a M24 and my 9mm/.357 barrel fit perfectly, but.....the rear sight is so low, you cannot see it. My barrel came on a M220 center fire action. If the barrel was ever put on a 220 action, the 9 mm shell would not fire because the center fire pin would not hit the rim of the shot shell. I believe if any were ever put on 220 actions, it was a special action with a Rim Fire firing pin. Also, while the ad says "18 inches".....my barrel measures 17.75 inches. That .25 inches on a shotgun barrel is worth 10 years and $10k according to the BATF. I don't believe any of these barrels were ever put on a 220 action as 9 mm shot gun barrels, but were rifled and sold as a rifled replacement barrel. No way to really prove....just my thoughts. Best wishes, Garnett
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Within the past few days another of these 9mm/.357 barrels has been listed on EBay for sale. This now makes 5 of these barrels I have seen or read about. I believe at this time, these 9 mm rim fire barrels were never put on an action (in the original 9 mm rim fire caliber/gauge) as all M219/220 Savage actions I have observed in about 10 years of research, have all been set up for center fire cartridges.