Chamber/caliber adapter??

[Matthew Temkin]

I own a Savage Model 24--.222 over 20 gauge
Questions--is it hard for a qualified gunsmith to re chamber it to a .223?
#2--is there a chamber adapter available that will allow me to shoot .22LR or .22 mags out of it?

 

[Teachu2]

.222 to .223 is easy for a qualified gunsmith.

No rf chamber adaptor to the best of my knowledge. Get a used Marlin 60 instead.

 

[Teachu2]

Or convert the 20ga. http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Conve...id=1384413618&sr=1-8&keywords=chamber+adapter

Still rec the Marlin 60, tho....

 

[Deus Machina]

Anything is possible. It's just complicated, unreliable, and expensive.
Go .223 or convert the 20ga. That converter might not be a bad idea, anyway, if it's rifled.

 

[Reloadron]

Just my opinion but I would leave things alone. While the chamber conversion from 222 Remington to 223 Remington is indeed easy the 222 Remington is no slouch in its own right. Those old Savage over / under rifle shotguns were some real nice guns.

The fact that especially during the early 90s the 222 lost popularity to the 223 doesn't change the fact the 222 is an excellent and very accurate round. That being especially true for those who hand load for the cartridge. All things considered I would leave the Savage Model 24 alone.

Think about stashing some bucks and buying a new Savage or Remington bolt gun chambered in 223 but personally I wouldn't screw with the classic old Savage.

#2--is there a chamber adapter available that will allow me to shoot .22LR or .22 mags out of it?

Nope and not going to happen.

Just My Take
Ron

 

[DM~]

I own a Savage Model 24--.222 over 20 gauge
Questions--is it hard for a qualified gunsmith to re chamber it to a .223?
#2--is there a chamber adapter available that will allow me to shoot .22LR or .22 mags out of it?

YES, it can be rechambered, but it probably will screw up the regulation of the bbls, BUT most 24's were poorly regulated in the first place, so it may make it better.

YES, there were and may still be chamber adapters available to shoot 22LR's out of a .222. I believe i still have some around here, "someplace"???

DM

 

[Jackal]

These guys will have an adapter for you. http://www.gaugemate.com/

 

[Matthew Temkin]

Thanks guys.
Due to the N.Y.S. SAFE act I gave up my Ar-15, but I still have a ton of .223 ammo.
I like the .222 but the price of ammo is a bit high.
I will probably put a peep sight on it and turn it into a close range brush gun for deer.
I may pick up a Mossberg bolt action in 223 to shoot up the ammo.
Thanks again.

 

[NCsmitty]

I would leave the old M24 in 222 Rem, but whatever way you decide to go, you can adapt the 222 to 22 rimfire or 22 Magnum. You also can adapt the 20ga to rifle calibers with inserts.

http://www.mcace.com/adapters.htm

http://www.mcace.com/shotguninserts.htm


NCsmitty

 

[dprice3844444]

hr handy rifle in 223

 

[Deus Machina]

I'm curious how those adapters work. I can see .308 in .30-06 or something, but fail to see how a centerfire pin strike would reliable fire rimfire.

 

[kBob]

The rim fire cartridge slide completely into the adapto so the rim is about half an inch into the adaptor then a light weight plug hazing a rimfire firing pin is inserted behind the rimfire. The rifle firing pin strikes this plug and drivs it into the rim fire. Works rather well.....but....

with semi autos and boltactions you have to be very careful removing the adaptor as the firing pin plug can drop out and fall onto the ground and be hard to find and it is absolutely needed. Fortunately the OP gun has I believe extractors rather than ejectors.

I wrote a long post yesterday but THR's time out caught me and I had forgotten to save.

Of course in the TC break actions no firing pin adaptor is necessary and special adaptors for those are made.

I have used .223/.22LR and it is OK but not stellar, not as accurate as the .223 or a decent .22LR rifle, likely because of the amount of free bore before the rifle's lead.

Same same .308/.32ACP but both are minute of bushy tail at 25 yards. Most here would tun up their noses at 4MOA but for survival it beats a slingshot or bola all to heck.

OP;

Consider your Mod 24's .222 rifling twist. Is it perhaps 1 in 14 rather than 1-12 or less? When green tip 63 grain first came out it did very poorly from a 1-14.

The handy gun seems the best suggestion yet if that is the case.

you might consider trading .223 ammo for .222 ammo with someone at some acceptable ratio.

-kBob

 

[Offfhand]

Caliber adapters work pretty well and sometimes surprisingly accurate. Depending of course on the quality of the rifle in which they are fired. Attached is a photo of a .222/.22LR adapter showing the case and bottom plug. Firing pin transfer is offset for rimfire ignition.

 

[Willie Sutton]

Rechambering to .223 is easy. Makes ammo access cheaper.

Think outside the box on the .22 adapter: Use one of the adapter for 20 guage to .22 and you can shoot two rifle calibers at the same time...


Willie

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[mnrivrat]

I converted my 24V Savage to .223 and have the 22LR adaptor. It worked out well and at 25 to 30 yds both shoot withing an inch of the other.

My gun was purchased with damaged barrels and I had to shorten them. When I did that I also regulated the barrels so they shoot together at the 25 to 30 yd distance, and I installed a screw in choke tube system in the 20ga. Besides regular shot tubes I have a rifled slug choke tube so I can shoot sabot slugs or the regular rifled slugs.

It's my go anywhere gun and now I am disabled in a wheel chair and I don't go anywhere . I will leave it to my son in law or my newly born grandson I guess.

 

[Deus Machina]

The rim fire cartridge slide completely into the adapto so the rim is about half an inch into the adaptor then a light weight plug hazing a rimfire firing pin is inserted behind the rimfire. The rifle firing pin strikes this plug and drivs it into the rim fire.

That's actually the first thing that popped into my head. I'm just surprised that someone actually sells a multi-piece plug, even if it does work well. Imagine that plug would get lost a lot.

 

[mnrivrat]

Imagine that plug would get lost a lot.

The plug has a o-ring to hold it in place in the chamber adapter with a little friction so it does not just drop out. I have my adapter in a small brass case I made to hold it and the small rod to push out the empty cartridge along with the plug.

A channel cut into the inside of the forarm hold the case. In a survival senerio you should use extra caution to make sure you don't drop stuff so I don't consider it a problem, and have never dropped my adaptor parts onto the ground. I also made more space in the butt stock along with a 1/4" gated aluminum butt pad to store some things like 22LR ammo there.

 

[JDGray]

The 223 out performs the 222 in every way, go for it, it's your rifle!