savage 24's

Savage stopped making all Model 24's a couple years ago.

There is nothing at all wrong with the model 24's, just not enough customers to keep them in production.

"what is wrong with them ?" Nothing..........


Just check out what they`re going for at your local Gun Show. Used of
course.

I love mine. I have the .22/.410 and I'd love to get a 24C.

Definitely try to find an older gun, Jim. They are not as well-made as the new guns, but they are much lighter. The new guns seem very heavy to me, but I must admit I have not seen the specs. I am also not sure if you want the synthetic stocks on the new ones or not.

Here is an old 24 I found at a yard sale. It was in pretty sad shape. I rebuilt it, and parkerized it.

I had a .22/20 gauge that I wish I hadn't sold now. The .22 barrel was a tackdriver. It was a squirrel killing machine.

Mine is a 222/20ga. I carried it on the trap line for years. Great gun.

Jim_100 said:

Did they ever make a .22/12 guage. I love the .410 but price availability would make the .22/12 the ultimate suvival grocery getter.
I want only wood.
Thanks

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I don't think they ever made a 22/12 combo. As attractive as that would be in theory, in practice the 12 ga 24s were awfully heavy. The 22/20 ga is a better combination if you have to carry the gun anywhere.

I have one in .22 mag and 20 gauge

I have a 24F in 20 gauge/22 lr. It is a handy little combo gun, but it has had more parts break on it over the years than I would have liked.

It was hard to find customers for a gun that Savage wanted $500 + for on the wholesale level. Hard to believe they needed that kind of money to product the Model 24.

The newer F series were also to heavy in my opinion. I owned one in .22 Hornet/20ga. I owned several older models and presently have my customized .223/20ga.

If I was young again I would start a manufacturing business for a light weight combo gun along the lines of the model 24. I can't believe some one can't make a product like that, and sell it for 1/2 of what Savage was trying to charge .

I just gave my .22 mag/20ga to my daughter. She & husband live out in country, he's a LEO and his guns are the modern types. I wanted daughter to have a simple effective HD/snake/varmit type gun. Its perfect for that. Local squirrel population was glad to see it go. They are excellent guns.

If I was young again I would start a manufacturing business for a light weight combo gun along the lines of the model 24. I can't believe some one can't make a product like that, and sell it for 1/2 of what Savage was trying to charge .

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You'd think that New England Arms/H&R/Rossi would do this. The ones that come with two interchangeable barrels are self-defeating in my opinion.

Just bought a 24s-e at auction. Seemed to be a good buy and in good shape. Action opened nicely at the auction, now I have it home and can't get it open. .22mag/20
Anybody have any thoughts? Am I missing something?

I have it home and can't get it open. .22mag/20
Anybody have any thoughts?

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Keep in mind the last time I commented on a technical issue I had too much Tequila in me and commented on a totaly different gun then what was being discussed . Since I am not much different at the moment, take this with a grain of salt just like I been doing ! LOL

If your latch is not working to open the action you may have to remove the butt stock to get at the rear workings. The lock has two arms that come back that are activated by the opening latch - possible that a screw came loose on the inside and that the cam that pulls the arms of the lock back has dropped down and not working. At any rate , with the butt stock off, you will be able to unlatch the gun manualy from the rear and figure out what is wrong as well. The stock is held on by a bolt from the rear under the butt plate.

I had a 24F in .223/12 gauge.

I sold it.


It was too heavy as a decent field gun, even with the synthetic stock. And I thought it had a terrible stock design for a shotgun. If I put a scope on it nice enough to take advantage of the .223's range, it made an awkward shotgun. And I never liked how it shot as a 12 gauge shotgun. It just beat the hell out of me. I've got a single shot turkey gun that weighs less than 6 pounds, and it wasn't as bad on me as the Savage was.


I've got an earlier model 24, a .22 rimfire/.410, and I just love it.

But while the 24F .223/12 gauge is a nice idea, it seemed to fail in execution.

I still have a couple 24C Camper's Companions. Great little car/plane/Backpack gun. Saw one on one of the auction sites that was listed at $1299.00! I kinda doubt he sold it..... they aren't that good......

The later ones were junk though, it's why I bought another old model when one turned up..

I have a late production 223/12G. It is a very useful ATV firearm but awkward to carry around the farm.
Put a low powered scope on mine and that works for both shotgun and rifle.

Would I buy another one. No, but I like the concept and would buy another make.

The rifle barrel is barely OK, 2 inch groups with my best reloads. The shotgun barrel is essentially a sewer pipe, the worst interior finish on a barrel I have ever seen and I bought it new. That doesn't seem to affect it's shooting but cleaning is another story.

However the deal breaker is that using factory loads or equivalent pressure reloads in the rifle barrel will sometimes unlock the action. Because of the mass of the action this mostly seems to take place after the pressure is down and the case itself never moves out of place.

Numerous trips back to factory authorised gunsmith have not made any difference.

I'm not in the USA and a replacement was not available so I kept it and reload to starting levels only.

As other posters have said, the problem is not in the concept but in the execution.

Good concept, overpriced and poorly made in the later years.

Boolit said:
"Definitely try to find an older gun, Jim. They are not as well-made as the new guns"

Huh?? I have a beautiful 24V .357mag/20 gauge that is definitly made better then any of the newer ones! Fit and finish is really nice and has full color case hardening on the receiver with nice, real, walnut furniture! Shoots beautifully and have hunted the desert and the Morongo Indian reservation with it with great success!!!

I had one in .22 mag / 20 gauge. It was a higher end model with pheasants or whatever. Got in a bind money-wise (4 kids in college) and sold it. The guy who bought it was a nice shop-owner who pays good prices. His eyes lit up like Ralphie on Christmas morning. It was gone within a week...or maybe he kept it.

It shouldered like no other long gun I have ever held before or since. It was probably a 1967 model with a bit of a comb on it and no serial number.

Living now in the city, even if I had it, I wouldn't shoot it...but as with most sold guns...wish I still had it. I take some comfort in thinking that who ever has it, loves it.

However the deal breaker is that using factory loads or equivalent pressure reloads in the rifle barrel will sometimes unlock the action. Because of the mass of the action this mostly seems to take place after the pressure is down and the case itself never moves out of place.

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I had the same thing happen to me but with and H&R Buffalo Classic. Turns out I had some light lube on the locking lug. Degreased it and it hasn't happened again.

I have a Savage 24SE in 22/410 that I got from my grandfather. I am very happy with it. It is the ultimate squirrel/bird/pest/varmint/house gun. The 22 is probably the most accurate 22 I have.

Bullfrog Ken, did you ever fire milsurp 5.56 in the .223 barrel in your 24? It has me convinced that there is indeed a difference between the specs of the 2 rounds, that they are not interchangeable.

I also found out that you need to fire 55 grain or less bullet weight. 64 grain PSPs make a real cute little bullet profile 'somewhere' on the target at any ranges I tried. Most accurate rounds for me are 45 grain varmint loads.

Steel case .223 is a nightmare.

I found the 12 gauge barrel to be acceptable with slugs and patterned well at 15 & 25 yards with buckshot. Don't recall ever trying birdshot, I may have but don't remember.