Savage Arms 22 Hornet Model 219
I found a Savage Arms 22 Hornet Model 219 at a pawn shop. It is a single shot with rabbit ear breakdown. There is no serial number or year of manufacture. It is in great mechanical condition. I would like to know the year of manufacture and any antiquity value. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi, and welcome to the forum.
If the rabbit ear comment relates to the lever being side mounted -vs- top mounted then you've got a M219L and since they were made in 1965 through 1967 I would think there would be a s/n, but at the moment I can not recall the year where all firearms were required to be serial numbered (64 or 68 ??? having a senior moment here)
If the lever is top mounted then you have a straight model 219 and they were mfg. from 1938 - 1965.
If it is a 219L they run $75 to $100 in top condition and the 219 runs $125 to $175.
However value is really what someone is willing to pay, and the market for a particular gun will vary from one area of the country to another.
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The 219's are kinda' interesting in that they are interchangeable barrel wise. They are still on the low side of collectability but can manage to bring a $200 price if the conditon is good and the lockup is still very tight. I personally love the Hornet caliber and would assume it to be a nice accurate little gun. As I recall 1968 is the cutoff date for serial numbers so it will likely not have one. I've been looking for serial numbers on my Savage 340 collection of guns for a while now and the only one that has one is the 340V in 225 Winchester that was likely made post '68. Nice litle inexpensive single shots that as long as the price is right are fun to have around. I just realised too that the side lever version is worth about 25% less than the earlier tang activated type so you might want to do a little bargaining with that in mind.
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One of the things that makes the 219 with the toplever opening (219, 219A, 219B) attractive is the fact that you can fit other Savage/Stevens single shot barrels to the 219 frame. They were originally sold that way, as combination rifle/shotguns with a spare barrel in the shotgun or rifle caliber. They had different model numbers when sold with the second barrel and some of the shotgun barrels had either Savage-installed Polychokes or Savage's own similar variable choke device (can't recall what it was called--"Multichoke" or something like that). I once had a .30-30WCF rifle with a 20 guage shotgun barrel that had a factory Polychoke on it.
I don't know exactly how far you can go with fitting Savage/Stevens single shot barrels to the 219, but I have fitted Savage 220 (the shotgun version of the 219) barrels in .410 and 16 guage to 219As in .22 Hornet, and a 220A .410 barrel to a 219A in .25-20WCF (still have that combo). These barrels used to be available from Numrich/Small Arms Corp. but I believe they sold all their parts stock to the Small Arms Shop in Inverness,Florida, and they have been getting scarce because of people like me buying them and "mixing and matching barrels" and recievers. I was once told by Numrich's that Stevens Model 94 barrels (hammer single shotgun much like the hammerless 220) would fit a 219 frame, but I never tried that.
FYI, I have never seen a serial number on a toplever 219 or 220, although I once saw a 12-guage 220A that had U.S. Ordnance acceptance stamps ("flaming bomb") and a Syracus Army Depot marking.0 -
I had a 219 given to me last fall as the owner had it for last 15 years or so without ever taking a shot with it. I got it in a dusty old box and when I opened it up was happy to find the receiver and furniture in fine condition. The bonus was that there was also a .22 Hornet barrel with a mounted scope on it, a 30-30 barrel also with a scope, and a 12ga shotgun barrel. After a little fitting work to tighten up the lock-up, it's been a fine shooter. 0
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