Well good luck to you, hope you get it! It would be a steal at 10 times that price!
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Well good luck to you, hope you get it! It would be a steal at 10 times that price!
David R
Member
I have a 24V 222/20
And a 22/410.
Meat guns. I have shot many game including one running deer @ 125 yards.
If you shoot a squirrel with the cf, aim for the head. I shoot lead or reduced 222 loads for small game.
The 24V will be the last gun I own.
Pictures later. Not my prettiest gun, but most useful.
And a 22/410.
Meat guns. I have shot many game including one running deer @ 125 yards.
If you shoot a squirrel with the cf, aim for the head. I shoot lead or reduced 222 loads for small game.
The 24V will be the last gun I own.
Pictures later. Not my prettiest gun, but most useful.
Ivan the Butcher
Member
I had and sold a 24 in 22 Mag/20 gauge. Th best it would shoot a
@ 100 yards was 4" the worst group was 12"! I have a Camper 22 LR/20 Gauge, It has been my constant companion for 30 some years and has ridden in my truck for 26. I thought it was expensive at $175 when I bought it, but a couple weeks ago I saw a 22 LR/20 with standard 26" barrels plus a 410er insert for $575. I also have a 357 Mag/20 and a 30-30/20. I love the guns but the prices are out of sight now. Ivan
@ 100 yards was 4" the worst group was 12"! I have a Camper 22 LR/20 Gauge, It has been my constant companion for 30 some years and has ridden in my truck for 26. I thought it was expensive at $175 when I bought it, but a couple weeks ago I saw a 22 LR/20 with standard 26" barrels plus a 410er insert for $575. I also have a 357 Mag/20 and a 30-30/20. I love the guns but the prices are out of sight now. Ivan
David R
Member
I have no pictures of the guns. Going to fix that this week.
The 222/20 I carry in the northern zone hunting. I drive for the deer hunters and shoot small game. I am the kind that cannot sit still, so the watchers like me. . . . Until I shoot a partridge while driving for them. I end up with meat every day, the deer hunters do good some years and not others.
The 22/410 was my moms, she shot skeet with it in the 50s. All 5 of us children used it growing up. I "borrowed" it a few years ago with permission. I use it in the southern zone because its illegal to carry a center fire rifle afield during deer season. I think the only time CF legal is coyote hunting which I do not.
I was out hunting squirrel a couple years ago. The previous year I had permission to hunt a spot. So I thought I was good. After about 3 or 4 squirrels, the game warden came along and said the property owner had heard a bunch of shooting. As we were talking I unloaded the 22/410 in front of him. He knew there was not a "bunch of shooting" so he just sent me on my way with a smile.
In the southern zone where I now live, they shoot deer with a shotgun. I use a model 25 in 45 colt or Ruger SRH with a scope in 44. I never have and never will attempt a shot at a deer with a slug.
As savage quality goes up and down, some are Beautiful and some are just junk.
My first 222/20 had a crack in the chamber of the rifle and popped open every time I fired it. The place I bought it sent it back. They sent the gun to him stating it was not a crack and the gun was fine. He sent it back this time with a nasty letter and they sent a new gun. This one shoots great but has a cross bolt safety which I wish was never there. I grew up on single shots. no safety needed, just cock the gun as I bring it up to my shoulder.
With the 24V, have shot many partridge before the gun even gets to my shoulder. This is why I love the gun. It fits me like no other.
The newer one sent was new mfg of the new company. They must have just changed hands. I paid $285.00 new around 1985. I hunted with it 2 weeks ago.
This was working on reduced loads. Off my back deck in sort of a rest. 25 yards.
I had the gunsmith drill and tap the for a receiver sight.
For the OP, I refinished the stock. The woodgrain was painted on. I used a cherry stain. It looks terrible, but I use the gun. I will get a pic for it.
Here is the 24V forum http://savage24forum.boards.net/board/1/savage24-forum
David
The 222/20 I carry in the northern zone hunting. I drive for the deer hunters and shoot small game. I am the kind that cannot sit still, so the watchers like me. . . . Until I shoot a partridge while driving for them. I end up with meat every day, the deer hunters do good some years and not others.
The 22/410 was my moms, she shot skeet with it in the 50s. All 5 of us children used it growing up. I "borrowed" it a few years ago with permission. I use it in the southern zone because its illegal to carry a center fire rifle afield during deer season. I think the only time CF legal is coyote hunting which I do not.
I was out hunting squirrel a couple years ago. The previous year I had permission to hunt a spot. So I thought I was good. After about 3 or 4 squirrels, the game warden came along and said the property owner had heard a bunch of shooting. As we were talking I unloaded the 22/410 in front of him. He knew there was not a "bunch of shooting" so he just sent me on my way with a smile.
In the southern zone where I now live, they shoot deer with a shotgun. I use a model 25 in 45 colt or Ruger SRH with a scope in 44. I never have and never will attempt a shot at a deer with a slug.
As savage quality goes up and down, some are Beautiful and some are just junk.
My first 222/20 had a crack in the chamber of the rifle and popped open every time I fired it. The place I bought it sent it back. They sent the gun to him stating it was not a crack and the gun was fine. He sent it back this time with a nasty letter and they sent a new gun. This one shoots great but has a cross bolt safety which I wish was never there. I grew up on single shots. no safety needed, just cock the gun as I bring it up to my shoulder.
With the 24V, have shot many partridge before the gun even gets to my shoulder. This is why I love the gun. It fits me like no other.
The newer one sent was new mfg of the new company. They must have just changed hands. I paid $285.00 new around 1985. I hunted with it 2 weeks ago.
This was working on reduced loads. Off my back deck in sort of a rest. 25 yards.
I had the gunsmith drill and tap the for a receiver sight.
For the OP, I refinished the stock. The woodgrain was painted on. I used a cherry stain. It looks terrible, but I use the gun. I will get a pic for it.
Here is the 24V forum http://savage24forum.boards.net/board/1/savage24-forum
David
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On Christmas of 1962, when I was fourteen, I received a Savage Model 24 DL in .22/.410. That little gun was a heckuva shooter and put a lot of cottontail rabbits on our table.
I kept that gun in immaculate condition and gave it to one of my sons for his fourteenth Christmas. He still has it and it still shoots like a dream. The only real noticeable marks on it are the drool stains when he takes it out and shows it to somebody.
I kept that gun in immaculate condition and gave it to one of my sons for his fourteenth Christmas. He still has it and it still shoots like a dream. The only real noticeable marks on it are the drool stains when he takes it out and shows it to somebody.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
I've wanted one for years, maybe .22 mag over 20 gauge. As is the case with so many things, it's clear I've waited too late.
Maybe not, the one I was looking at was all tricked out ( too much so ) with the Ackley conversion, ceracoat, Luepold scope and even a set of dies.
I want a simple 30-30/20ga. With wood stock in good condition, period.
I want a simple 30-30/20ga. With wood stock in good condition, period.
That's just what I have, came with a cracked stock and a plain jane replacement.. took about a year but I found a new good stock for it.
I'd like to find a camper model someday.
ACP230
Member
A friend has one in .22 W. Magnum/.410.
Finally got to shoot it two years ago.
It was fun to shoot and kind of got me wanting one.
A bit surprised at the prices asked for the old ones now.
Savage has a new version of the gun out.
Synthetic stocks and a more modern look.
Handled one and liked the way it felt but haven't
bought one as yet.
Finally got to shoot it two years ago.
It was fun to shoot and kind of got me wanting one.
A bit surprised at the prices asked for the old ones now.
Savage has a new version of the gun out.
Synthetic stocks and a more modern look.
Handled one and liked the way it felt but haven't
bought one as yet.
Zeman
Member
This is a great thread. I have only one Savage 24, and it's .22lr/20ga. Mine had several cracks in the stock that I fixed and then Tru-Oiled it. I'll try to post some pictures.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/weswblack/IMG_5209-1.jpg
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/weswblack/IMG_5220.jpg
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/weswblack/IMG_5225.jpg
I'll try to post one after the Tru Oil later.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/weswblack/IMG_5209-1.jpg
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/weswblack/IMG_5220.jpg
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/weswblack/IMG_5225.jpg
I'll try to post one after the Tru Oil later.
Most of them have cracks in the stock right where you do! Mine did also..
Usmc5811
US Veteran
Excellent combo guns. My brother in law had the newer 3" 12 gauge/ 223. I killed quite a few turkeys, squirrel, and a crow at about 250 yards. Good times. Then I went in the military and he sold it while I was overseas, man I miss that gun.
A Savage 24v was the first real new rifle I ever bought. Wanted it for deer season so 30-30 over 20ga was the way to go for me. I gave to my son for his first out deer rifle when he first started. He moved on to a Winchester so the 24v resides back in the safe.
I don't think there are two animals that are more the opposite of each other than the dove and the turtle, a true testimony to the versatility of the Savage 24.
WaMike
Member
It's always surprising how often the Mdl 24 pops up on various forums. The definitive forum is: Savage24.com One can learn a lot there, and periodically, there are some for sale.
One of that forum's stickies have all you ever needed to know about Mdl 24s. Paladin, I trust you'll give credit where credit is due.
When discussing Mdl 24s, one must use the adverbs "apparently" and "usually"....there are lots of variations.
If you're looking for one, the 22 L.R./.410 are most common, followed by .222 Rem/20 gauge. .22 Mag are often paired with .410 bore, 20 & even 12 gauge. More rare upper barrels are those with .22 Hornet, 30-30, .357 Mag, usually paired with 20 or 12 gauge. There are even some .357 Max, but Savage apparently never made them in .243 or any of the .308 class cartridges.
.222 Rem and .223 Rem were (apparently) the only non-rimmed chamberings produced, and both had 1-14" twists.
Later models moved the barrel selector from the right side of the receiver to a toggle on the hammer. Many posts in the above-mentioned forum say the hammer selector might be less prone to breakage.
Prior to 1952 (?), they were marked Stevens and the stocks were birch or tenite. Then they were marketed as Savage and stocked in tenite or walnut (there are some lovely original walnut stocks). Later, as Savage fortunes declined, birch stocks returned. At some point, case-colored receivers disappeared.
There is no love....that's none, nada....for the current Savage Mdl 42 in the Mdl 24 forum. I myself have picked up the 42 in my LGS, and hurriedly returned it to the clerk in horror.
I bought my first (22.LR/.410) in 1957, by mail from Stoegers, using earnings from corn detasseling and mowing lawns. My mom graciously cooked all those Illinois rabbits and squirrels, and it wasn't until years later that I learned that I shouldn't have been able to shoot all those pheasants with a puny 2 1/2" .410.
Couple of years ago, I bought a .222/20. At first I thought I should open the chamber to .223, but since the rifling is 1-14" one would be restricted to sub-50 or 55 gr. bullets anyway. As luck would have it, even with my old eyes, my .222 Rem barrel is extremely accurate, so I ended up leaving it as is. Bought some .222 brass, already had powders, primers and lots of 32-52 gr. bullets. Handloaded performance isn't that much different from the .223. I did spiff up the stock and take off those awful white-lines.
I used the heck out of my original .22 lr/.410 as a kid in Illinois, but as an adult here in the west, found myself using more specialized guns for both bird and big game hunting. My original gun mostly sits in the safe, coming out for occasional plinking.
However, I carry my 222/20 as a truck gun....because I can....in the hopes that I'll "need" it someday. Yeah, right.
One of that forum's stickies have all you ever needed to know about Mdl 24s. Paladin, I trust you'll give credit where credit is due.
When discussing Mdl 24s, one must use the adverbs "apparently" and "usually"....there are lots of variations.
If you're looking for one, the 22 L.R./.410 are most common, followed by .222 Rem/20 gauge. .22 Mag are often paired with .410 bore, 20 & even 12 gauge. More rare upper barrels are those with .22 Hornet, 30-30, .357 Mag, usually paired with 20 or 12 gauge. There are even some .357 Max, but Savage apparently never made them in .243 or any of the .308 class cartridges.
.222 Rem and .223 Rem were (apparently) the only non-rimmed chamberings produced, and both had 1-14" twists.
Later models moved the barrel selector from the right side of the receiver to a toggle on the hammer. Many posts in the above-mentioned forum say the hammer selector might be less prone to breakage.
Prior to 1952 (?), they were marked Stevens and the stocks were birch or tenite. Then they were marketed as Savage and stocked in tenite or walnut (there are some lovely original walnut stocks). Later, as Savage fortunes declined, birch stocks returned. At some point, case-colored receivers disappeared.
There is no love....that's none, nada....for the current Savage Mdl 42 in the Mdl 24 forum. I myself have picked up the 42 in my LGS, and hurriedly returned it to the clerk in horror.
I bought my first (22.LR/.410) in 1957, by mail from Stoegers, using earnings from corn detasseling and mowing lawns. My mom graciously cooked all those Illinois rabbits and squirrels, and it wasn't until years later that I learned that I shouldn't have been able to shoot all those pheasants with a puny 2 1/2" .410.
Couple of years ago, I bought a .222/20. At first I thought I should open the chamber to .223, but since the rifling is 1-14" one would be restricted to sub-50 or 55 gr. bullets anyway. As luck would have it, even with my old eyes, my .222 Rem barrel is extremely accurate, so I ended up leaving it as is. Bought some .222 brass, already had powders, primers and lots of 32-52 gr. bullets. Handloaded performance isn't that much different from the .223. I did spiff up the stock and take off those awful white-lines.
I used the heck out of my original .22 lr/.410 as a kid in Illinois, but as an adult here in the west, found myself using more specialized guns for both bird and big game hunting. My original gun mostly sits in the safe, coming out for occasional plinking.
However, I carry my 222/20 as a truck gun....because I can....in the hopes that I'll "need" it someday. Yeah, right.
CH47gunner
US Veteran
I'm always surprised at the amount of attention my M24 gets when I pull it out of the safe. I don't think many people are aware of these models but are certainly impressed by the versatility & potential of these little guns.
I had actually passed on one of the .222 over 20 gauge models as I wanted it for more of a bunny buster & small varmint getter.
Mine is the .22lr over .410 - kind of a project gun at this point as the wood needs to be redone and the metal could use a bit of work. Looks like a lot of these guns wound up as truck guns, most I've seen were pretty rough.
I had actually passed on one of the .222 over 20 gauge models as I wanted it for more of a bunny buster & small varmint getter.
Mine is the .22lr over .410 - kind of a project gun at this point as the wood needs to be redone and the metal could use a bit of work. Looks like a lot of these guns wound up as truck guns, most I've seen were pretty rough.
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