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hoosiershooter:
Hello everyone.  I was gifted my uncle's 1945 era 219 with 22 hornet barrel and matching 16ga barrel.  Hornet has slim fore stock and shotgun has the thicker round fore stock.  Great for ground hogs, rabbits and single shot sporting clays.  I reload hand guns and look forward to reloading the hornet.

hoosiershooter:
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Garnett:
Your set is definitely a factory original and hard to find "Utility" gun.  Also, you have an even harder to find, what I believe to be a factory original, side tapped barrel for a scope base.  Normally the barrel writing is on the left side, but when tapped at the factory, the writing was placed on top of the barrel.  One other odd thing is the two circles inside the forearms.  I have not seen this before.  Your set is also what I call a "Second Model Utica", that is that it has the slim trigger and alloy guard.  The "First Model Utica's" had a steel shotgun style trigger guard.  If you don't already know the Savage assigned Model number for your Utility set, tell me the length of the shotgun barrel and I will advise you.  Thanks for joining our forum and sharing your really nice gun with us!  Merry Christmas!

hoosiershooter:
Thanks for the additional info for my 219.  The shotgun barrel is 28 inch and hornet is 26 inch.  The 2 circles in the forearms show faint B in one and a very faint F same as barrel marking.  I will experiment with lighting to see if I can get a photo to show more clearly.

Garnett:
Your "Utility"set is officially a Model 228.  While Savage never marked these on the guns, they did assign a different model number for each shotgun gauge and barrel length and rifle caliber.  The boxes were marked on the outside with the actual model number and were made in different length according to the shot gun barrel length.  I don't suppose you have the original box?  They are ultra rare.  I have two and a friend has one in an as new set.  These are the only 3 I have seen. One of my 3 utility sets has the matching assembly numbers in both forearms, but are not inside a circle.  As I mentioned earlier, I have never seen this before.  Thanks again for sharing your info with us!

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