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$350. The etched engraving pattern is early, but it is still a Savage. The model 220 single shots that early had the same decoration...Geo

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In the pawn shops around here it would likely be $350 and they'd take $300. At Cabelas it would be $500.



Savage Arms Corp. expanded their shotgun offerings for 1937, by adding three break-action Models to their Model 720 "Browning" autoloader. The Model 220 hammerless single barrel --



The Model 320 hammerless double --



And, the Model 420 over/under --



Savage Arms Corp. apparently thought better of the Model 320 and it never appears again. Guess they decided to do the Fox Model B using parts from their J. Stevens No. 530 double in a slightly nicer profiled and decorated frame. The over/unders lasted to the 1941 catalogues but are gone from the 1942 catalogues. The Model 220 last appears in the 1948 catalogues. Pre-WW-II the catalogues state the frame was polished and blued, and after the war case hardened. The Model 220 reappears in 1953, again with a polished and case hardened frame. Nowhere do I see any mention of it being decorated.

I sold a 20 bore last night for 275.00..average condition..

And yet, mine is. Need a picture?...Geo

Years ago a local shop had a 20ga and a .410 thusly engraved (etched), so they definitely do exist. I actually wanted them but I was even more broke than I usually am at the time.

Regarding the 12ga, older is better with the B's, but Geo's $350 price is spot on. I recently sold a near-mint one that dated from 1961 at exactly that. Tried my darndest to get $400 but couldn't do it.

Agree that older is better with B's. And that one's older. If it were a 20 or a 16, it'd be worth maybe another $100 or so.

A 420 in 20ga was my first double. I was an OU guy before I ever owned a sxs. I was thinking about a brand new 311 (we're talking early 60's, not a lot of choices), but my dad found that 420 for me. $65, including a decent soft case. Recently bought one in 16ga. Nostalgia got the best of me, and it was in unusually good shape. Turns out I shoot it pretty well too! But a Marlin 90 feels svelte and sleek compared to a 420 or 430.

the ones made in Utica were the best of the model Bs....

What vintage are these Model 220s with decorated frames? Utica? Chicopee Falls? Westfield? Were they "trade branded" guns made for Sears, Wards or some such? I looked at all the Savage and Savage/Stevens/Fox catalogues from 1937 to 1958 except 1946 and 1950 which I don't have, and no mention of decoration on the frame?!? I'm not doubting you guys, just curious.

I'd like to see some pictures.