Savage 24V-A & 24J-DL Range Report

[woodchukhntr]

I managed to get my 24V-A .222/20 ga. and my 24J-DL .22/20 ga. to the range last night.

Report:

24V-A .222/20 ga.:
50 Gr. V-Max w/24.0 gr. Varget, 5/16" 3-shot group at 100 yd.
45 gr. Sierra Hornet bullet w/9.0 gr. Blue Dot, 11/16" group at 100 yd.

It has an old Bushnell Sportview 3-9X scope on it.  I accidently shot one shot on the wrong bull when shooting the 5/16" (3- shot)group, so it would have been a 5/16" 4-shot group. The 24V-A shoots better than my varmint rifles which surprised me since it has a really skinny barrel which is clamped to the shotgun barrel, not soldered lilke the 24J-DL.  The 50 gr bullet is sighted-in to be 1-1/2" high at 100 yd., and the 45 gr. ends up at 2-1/8" high.

24J-DL .22/20 ga.:
Federal Spitfire, 3/4" group at 50 yd.  It should shoot better with lower-velocity cartridges, but I wanted the high-velocity loading for varmints.  The gun has a Weaver 1-3X scope on it.   It shoots 5-1/4" low at 100 yd., and that is farther than I intend to use it anyway.  There is a nice older lady that wants me to rid her garden of woodchucks and I don't want to rile the neighbors too much!

[dougk]

hey Woodchukhntr

both are very respectable groups.. And very ice shooting...

I wonder if the 24V-A has such a tight group because it is not soldered.

Thanks

Doug

[woodchukhntr]

hey Woodchukhntr

both are very respectable groups.. And very ice shooting...

I wonder if the 24V-A has such a tight group because it is not soldered.

Thanks

Doug

All of the .22 L.R. guns that I have had with soldered barrels shot better than the unsoldered ones.  I would expect the same with other calibers.  I suspect that the clamp is located at exactly the right point on the vibration node for these barrel & load combinations.

[dougk]

Thanks

Which do you prefer soldered or clamped?

[Win 88]

Once upon a time I had a Mod 24 .22WM/ 20Ga with clamped barrel. I really hated that gun. If I sighted it in at friday, it hitted a foot beside the target on saturday. The barrel moved in the clamp, and thus lost its sighting-in.

Pete

[woodchukhntr]

Thanks

Which do you prefer soldered or clamped?

I prefer the soldered barrels although my 24V-A is the exception.  I don't think that any 24V's were soldered, my .30-30/20 ga. isn't , and the previous ones I had were all clamped.  Also all of the various soldered .22/20's I had shot better than the clamped ones did.