Found a Savage model 24!!

[chaparrito]

Sweet! I wish I still had one.
I have that peep sight on my marlin 39A. Lost the aperture years ago and so use it as a ghost ring. Extremely accurate. I can dink a coon between the eyes at 75 feet if he'll hold still.

 

[smitholdtimer]

M-24 ?

My first shooting experience was using one of these shooting rats at the community dump, had the Tenite (spelling) stock & forearm ( A WWII Product I'll Guess) but like a dummy I traded it for a M-70 Winchester produced in 1965 which proved to be a very bad mistake. My Dad startled me one time by selecting the .410 barrel while I was expecting the .22LR, a busted lip was the only bad result but I Loved that GUN.

 

[alwslate]

Back in the 60s when I was a teen ager these things were everywhere
it seemed. I must have been the only one who never owned one. The
22/410 was the only model I ever saw as a kid. The other combinations must have come later. The selector switch on the side of
the receiver was all I ever saw and most of them were broken if the
gun had seen very much use.

 

[Dusmw]

Have two 22WMR / 20 GA and 223 / 12 GA. The rim fire version is pre 1968 and is fun woods gun. The 12 GA is damn heavy and doesn't make it out of the safe!

 

[SparkyAZ]

I received a Savage Model 24DL .22/.410 for Christmas 1962. To a fourteen-year old kid, it was a veritable work of art. Checkered walnut stock with white spacers, satin, chrome-finished receiver with wildlife scenes engraved on the receiver, and gold-plated trigger.

I took that little gun everywhere with me as I tramped through farm fields looking for cottontails.

That gun went to college with me, too, and eventually was passed on to one of my sons for his 13th Christmas.

He still has it. It's still in immaculate shape and as accurate as ever. I wish I had a picture to post.

Bottom line...they're great little guns.

I own that same model Mule Packer. When I get some free time I will take & post some pictures for you to re-kindle those memories!

 

[lebomm]

I had one just like OP's but w/o the extras back in the early 60's. First gun I ever bought with my own money (paper route).
First gun had been a Christmas gift from my dad - Win. M75 Target.

Larry

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I have 3 model 24s, the first is a 30-30/20 gauge, the second is a 357/20 with the deluxe walnut stock and checkering. My favorite is a 22/20 gauge Camper Special (20") with provision in the butt stock for ammo. i carry it in my truck with two 100 packs of mini-mags and two 20 round boxes (made for 600 Nitro Express), in each box are 5-No.4 Buck, 5-#7.5 shot, 5-#4 shot and 5 Bernike rifled slugs. I also keep a sling cleaning kit and a compact 3x scope (zeroed for 75 yards) in the kit. I have had a 22mag/20 gauge also. My older brother started out with a new 22/410 that he got for Christmas 1964, but traded for a Remington 600 in 243 Win in the summer of 1968.

I love my 22/20 Camper, but the last long gun I own will be the 357/20!

I have looked at the 223/ 20 or 12 and never been impressed. The Zoli and Valmet combo guns in serious calibers are on the upper edge of affordable for me, but I keep looking!

Ivan

 

[BOMBTEC]

I had a 22lr/410 combo it was and early one pre68. No serial number on it. Great all a round gun for youth/campers.

 

[Derosa]

In the late 60's I had a 22 WMR & 20 gauge. My father and I hunter rabbits, turkey, birds, and rats at the local dump. It never missed a beat (although I may have . Sadly, in a moment of financial stress I sold it. To this day I miss it, my father and our hunts & time together. Go shoot. Enjoy. Share with a child. Spread the knowledge & love.

 

[Lucky Joe]

I had a I believe an V model .22 Hornet/20 ga.. Very versatile for a reloader but sold it, regrettably. Synthetic stock.

 

[Drm50]

I just learned something from this post, my two 24s don't have
serial numbers. The 20/22 I got new about 1964, the 410/22
I bought used from a family friend who had bought it in the 50s.

 

[thardgrave]

I still have my 24MDL that I bought new in the early 1960's, 20 ga with .22wmr. I used it to hunt jack rabbits in the desert here in S. Calif., and found it very effective. I would have the selector set for the 20 ga first shot.....if I missed, the big jacks would run out to a out 100 yds, then stop and look at me. The .22wmr was then very effective and was very flat shooting. Mine had the hammer selector and I never had a light strike problem with it. Overall, a very handy and versatile little gun, and the 20 gauge is far more effective than a .410.

 

[loknload]

I have a 30-30 /20 24v model with the Monte Carlo stock. Bought in 1975 when I needed a quick inexpensive deer rifle, didn't have a lot of money back then and this fit the bill! Never had an issue with it.
It's a great rifle and I still have it buried in the safe somewhere!
I gave it to my son to use on his first time out for deer. Later in time he got his first Winchester.
But for the money these things couldn't be beat!

 

[Mexican Kerry]

Here's a link to some info in case anyone is interested:

Savage 24 dare codes

And a couple pics of my 24C (P Series). Ugly little cuss, but its handy. Only thing I'd like different is if it had a Mod choke.

 

[moosedog]

A nice rifle in very practical calibers. That would make a great starter gun for a young person or first time shooter.

 

[K Frame Keith]

I love that gun!

 

[chud333]

That exact gun minus the peep sight is what i cut my teeth
on with guns.
Grandpaw had one in .22/410 and i couldn't wait to get to
his house on the weekends to take it back to the Gravel Pit
to shoot groundhogs and sparrows.
Brings back a lot of memories.
Enjoy yours !!!

Chuck

 

[Drm50]

There is a lot of 24s in this area, very popular for squirrel and
rabbit hunting as well as utility gun around the farm.The hammer
doesn't make it any slower than anything else. Guys that have
been brought up on single barrel shotguns will hold there own
against a cross bolt safety repeater. By the time it's to the shoulder, it's cocked. End of story. You hunted rabbits and grouse
with 2 shells between your fingers. My uncles always kidded me
that I had the only belt feed single barrel they ever saw.

 

[PlaytheAces]

Mine's a .22/.410 built in 1959. I take it out in the desert every so often for no other reason than it always brings a smile to my face.

It lives on the wall hanging over my head.

 

[JSW]

Great guns ~ there's a reason there have been so many produced over the years.