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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #30 on: March 16, 2012, 04:24:55 PM »
I still have my daughters Model 24 in .22 LR over 20 gauge I bought for her about 30 years ago, It was used then and I had it refinished by my friendly local gunsmith. It is still hers but kept in my gunlocker. A couple of years ago I finally got one for myself, a .357 Mag over 20 gauge, and it's a beauty. I want to have the chamber lengthened (reamed out) to a .357 Max but am worried about the added chamber pressure and the pretty thin chamber area. Does anyone know if Savage ever chambered these for .357 Max and if I could safely ream out the .357 Mag/20 gauge Savage 24 to .357 Max?...Thanks....<><.... :) 
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #31 on: March 17, 2012, 08:59:55 AM »
I have a late 24v, .223/12G, 3" w/screw in chokes, uses Mossberg chokes, and the syn. stock. This thing shoots like a house afire, the rifle has the 9 twist rate and will shoot anything from 45 grains to 70 grains, and shoots as good as my HV bolt action .223. With a full choke the shotgun shoots a killer pattern out to 40 yds, and loves  #5 and 6 shot.  I use the open sights, marvbles with a white bead front that came on it, and use it as one of my favorit yote calling setups here in KY!
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #32 on: March 20, 2012, 02:33:39 PM »
I think the 357 and 357 Max are the same chamber pressure.  Larry
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #33 on: March 20, 2012, 05:31:51 PM »
Quote from: koger on March 17, 2012, 08:59:55 AM
I have a late 24v, .223/12G, 3" w/screw in chokes, uses Mossberg chokes, and the syn. stock. This thing shoots like a house afire, the rifle has the 9 twist rate and will shoot anything from 45 grains to 70 grains, and shoots as good as my HV bolt action .223. With a full choke the shotgun shoots a killer pattern out to 40 yds, and loves  #5 and 6 shot.  I use the open sights, marvbles with a white bead front that came on it, and use it as one of my favorit yote calling setups here in KY!

As I mentioned in an earlier post on this subject, the combination that I have is the 30-30/12ga and I also go it to use on yotes!
Have you had any luck on yotes this year?
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2012, 03:19:29 PM »
I have a Model 24 V that I re-chambered to 357 max, shortened the barrels to 18",threaded the 20 ga for truchokes and installed dual fold down rear sights and then added a scope for good measure.Kinda neat having a bunch of guns sitting on one platform. Shoots all of the 38 family shells plus all of the 20ga shells as well as the 3" mag slugs (but they ain't much fun to shoot!)
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2012, 05:09:49 AM »
Wow jeepman, you really pulled out all the stops on that one. Watch out though, if the wife learns how versitile this one gun is you will likely start getting a lot of questions about why you need another gun.
 
Looks like the only thing yours won't do is fit in a holster.
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #36 on: April 01, 2012, 02:46:14 PM »
Jeepmann, now that is a handy looking shorty to cover almost all the bases (short of LARGE carnivores). Thanks for posting this. I have responded to a post of yours in another thread looking for guidance on reaming out my Savage 24 from .357 Mag to .357 Max. I have done a couple of Handis (H&R) with nothing but great results but was worried about doing it to my Savage 24 because of the much thinner chamber walls (when compared to the thick and strong H&R chambers). You did a great job on the shortened barrels as well but I think I will keep mine as issued for the time being. That said, now with your having done this successfully I will move ahead with mine...Thanks buddy....<><.... :)
 
P.S. - now you go ahead and put a H&R rimfire .17 HMR barrel on a centerfire frame, gently push a .177 caliber lead pellet into the beginning of the rifling and then place a #209 or #57 primer in the chamber and "fire at will!!!"....<><.... :)
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #37 on: April 02, 2012, 02:12:28 AM »
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You are a bad influnce ;D .Now I GOT to buy another barrel!
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #38 on: April 03, 2012, 03:09:15 PM »
Sorry about that jeepmann, but you will thank me in the end. A question if you please, would you happen to know when my Savage 24V Model D (.357 over 20) was made with the serial number D6557XX?...Thanks for any info you might have.
By the way, the reamer is enroute fr me to bring my gun out to .357 Max. Is the extractor held in by just the one small screw on the left side of the breechblock? The one that is in line with the shaft of the extractor? Any hints or thing I should look out for when removing the extractor to ream the chamber to Max?...Thanks....<><.... :)
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #39 on: April 03, 2012, 03:18:45 PM »
Saw a beautiful Model 24 in 30-30/20 ga at a gunshow I was at last Saturday. Didn't have a scratch on it and the price was right. Held it for a moment and gave it some serious thought then decided it was too pretty to haul around in the woods. I don't do safe queens and that's what it would have been. I remember back in 1972 I bought a new one like it for $89.99. I wish Savage would come out with them again in a stainless/synthetic version. I would be all over one.
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #40 on: April 04, 2012, 03:31:57 PM »
kynardsj, what were they asking for that Model 24 in 30-30 over 20 gauge?...Thanks....<><....:)
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #41 on: April 04, 2012, 04:07:27 PM »
$495.00 was asking price. Could probably negotiate some off that.
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #42 on: April 06, 2012, 01:55:51 AM »
Thanks, the price seems right in the ball park of a good deal and it sounds as if it would have been nice to pick up if the prospective buyer had the available cash at the time....<><....:) 
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #43 on: April 10, 2012, 07:42:58 AM »
Recently came across a 24F in .17 HMR/12 ga.  Haven't heard mention of this combo much.  Is it uncommon/unpopular?  What do you think are the practical hunting and/or shooting potentials of such a caliber and gauge and is the asking (negotiable) price of $499 too high?  Same store is asking the same price for a 24S in .22 mag/20 ga.  Am really wanting to find a 24V .30-30/20 ga., but got sidetracked a bit actually finding two 24s in town.  There's a gun show coming at the end of June but not sure I can hold off that long.  Plus, gun show prices are frequently high for a lot of junky looking firearms, JMHO.
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #44 on: April 14, 2012, 12:38:19 AM »
Andy sorry yo be so long replying on the age of your 24.
Maybe this will help:

Stevens / Savage 24 date codes.
A 1949      B 1950      C 1951
D 1952     E 1953     F 1954
G 1955      H 1956      I 1957
J 1958      K 1959      L 1960
M 1961      N 1962      P 1963
R 1964      S 1965      T 1966
U 1967      V 1968      W 1969
X1970

      "Collectors will find a date code stamped on every double-barrel shotgun in the Stevens brands produced between March 1949 and December 1968.  Usually, it is behind the hinge pin or ahead of the trigger guard on the bottom of the frame.  It will appear as a small circle containing a number and a letter.  The letters correspond to the years shown in the following table.  Significance of the numbers is not known."*
   *From page 1101 of Ned Schwing's 2004 Standard Catalog of Firearms, 14th Edition, published by Krause Publications of Iola, WI.
 [/size]     I would like to add that I have found this circle, or oval, containing one or two numbers plus a single letter, just about anywhere and everywhere on the frame, but only on the outside of the frame, never inside.  I have also found the circle or oval with letters and numbers on the barrel clusters, on the shot barrel or on the barrel assembly lug block.  While the letter within the circle always match on factory matching barrel and frame, the numbers never match, or at least that has always been my experience.  These Date Codes are also present on the Model 94 frames and barrels, and I am sure on many others.

[/size]    The marks on the inside of the frame, where the lower barrel seats when closed, are what I would call assembly stampings, and match frame to barrel, found on underside of shot barrel near forend lug, and also sometimes found on the butt stock under the butt plate. [/size][/font]
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #45 on: April 14, 2012, 12:15:21 PM »
Thanks jeepmann, my Model 24V .357 Mag over 20 gauge is now a .357 Max over 20 guage and it shoots GREAT!!! Thanks for everyone's help and info....<><....:)
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #46 on: April 15, 2012, 11:49:00 AM »
The Savage 2400 wasn't made by Savage, and wasn't the same as any Model 24 - it was made in Finland by Valmet, the same as the Valmet O/U shotguns (1 or 2 of which Savage also had branded for themselves IIRC), which themselves were based on the Remington Model 32 shotgun.
 
FWIW, Savage combination guns (the Model 24, etc) always have the rifle bbl over the smoothbore; Euro-made combi's usually are the reverse ( smoothbore over rifle).
 
This is a Savage/Valmet 2400
 

 
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #47 on: April 23, 2012, 10:11:29 AM »
Bought another one yesterday, a .22 Mag over 20 Ga.  Don't know why I bought it, just wanted it I guess.  Not going to put a scope on this one, but might go with a reciever (peep) sight.
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #48 on: April 25, 2012, 08:21:57 AM »
A great "survival" and camping gun sourdough, unless you happen to run into a big bear!!!....<><....:)
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #49 on: April 25, 2012, 12:11:49 PM »
A 20 ga slug will ruin any bear's day, including a big one.  ;)
 
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #50 on: May 10, 2012, 06:21:09 PM »
as of today i have a 22 hornet/20ga, and when i was a kid we had a 22mag/20ga.

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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #51 on: May 12, 2012, 04:48:09 PM »
Quote from: Joe S. on May 10, 2012, 06:21:09 PM
as of today i have a 22 hornet/20ga, and when i was a kid we had a 22mag/20ga.

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Nice looking. 

Now there's the idea... .22 for small game, 20 guage for bird and large game... defensive side arm for two legged predators. Perfect minimalist rig. Now... if it could just all be in stainless steel...
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Re: Model 24 Variants?
« Reply #52 on: May 15, 2012, 03:53:20 AM »
WOW I like go2gbo!  I haven't been on here too long, and haven't quite moved through all the areas of discussion.  I've been chatting for a bit about 24's over on a "drillings and combinations" thread.

Nice to see some 24 club members are represented here!

I've owned 4 (including a "Camper" at one time)...own 2 currently.  Both are .22LR/20ga J-DL's, one satin chrome (1965) and the other black (1969).  One wears a Redfield RE-24 barrel-mounted peep sight, and the other wears a Barska fixed 2.5 power scope sitting on a BKL mount.  The latter has held on and held a perfect "zero" after firing many 3" shot shells.

Both guns wear leather stock sleeves and slings by Levergun Leather, of Idaho.

Walking out onto our property with these is like ordering at the drive-thru...all kinds of immediate menu options.

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« Reply #53 on: May 15, 2012, 04:26:33 AM »
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