Fred Fuller
Moderator Emeritus
Savage 24C Series S on my knee...
No, those aren't the lyrics to the old song, but it is a true statement in spite of that. Back in the good old days (early 1980s) I was winding up a 7- year career with the gummint of the state of Alabama and heading off to wider horizons with Uncle Sam. Those kind folk at the state retirement office presented me with the option of leaving my accumulated retirement pennies in the beneficent care of the state, or drawing them out to fritter away on spendthrift foolishness.
So naturally I took the money and ran.
My spendthrift foolishness included a Colt AR-15 SP-1 Carbine (already had the regular SP-1 AR-15) and an M-1A built for me by a retired Army MTU armorer at a total cost of $400 for the big gun. Somehow several thousands of rounds of ammo for the above two showed up as well.
My dad had been complaining about his bursitis bothering him, and on a trip through my home town Wallyworld I found a closeout sale on firearms underway- and me with a checking account balance to burn! So naturally I gave a thought to my dear old dad, and glommed a 20 ga. Remington 1100 Lightweight for him for some rediculous price- can't recall how much, but I thought about buying two of them. There was an interesting little Savage combination gun for sale cheepcheep too so I added it to the pile. Always did have a soft spot for combo guns, even though they are the "Stingray station wagons" of the gun world. The idea is a good one and just because the execution is often a bit flawed... well, you can't have everything.
What I got was a 22LR/20 ga. 3" O/U with 20" barrels, known I think as a 'Camper's Cpmpanion'. Haven't ever weighed it but it is mucho light. This one has a wooden pistol grip stock and wooden fore-end, beech or birch stained very dark brown, with the barrel release located in the front of the (plastic) triggerguard. It has a trapdoor in the buttplate covered by a pivoting aluminum plate, and holes in the buttstock for .22 and 20 ga. ammo. Receiver is color cased and barrels are blued, brazed together at the back and at the front with a small spacer block- there's a gap the rest of teh way between them. It came with a brown vinyl storage case lined with felt that has two compartments, one for the barrels and for-end and the other for the stock and receiver.
Sights are the usual inexpensive rifle style, a shallow U notch rear with a step elevator and a bead-on-post front. There are grooves for tipoff scope mounting and a stern warning stamped into the shotgun barrel against firing it with a scope attached. Worried about that eye relief thing I guess.
As handy as it was/is it never saw a lot of daylight. So it was practically brand new still. I brought it back with me from our Christmas visit home, and have cleaned it up from its storage packing and have now carried it for several turns around The Minor while exercising the bird dog, to discourage potential suitors (she's a big girl now at 9 months and it's too early for puppies) with a load of ratshot in the .22 barrel, and to have a shotgun available in case she finds something that needs shooting. It is very useful I think. It may stay out of its case this time.
I think it is the epitome of all the combo guns I have ever seen, and I can't recall ever actually seeing another of these for sale in person. There apparently aren't a lot of them around, so maybe the following ad wasn't or isn't lying...
http://www.thegunrunner.net/sgsavage.html
Savage Model 24C, 22 lr/20 ga. "Camper Companion"
$299.99
Savage Model 24C, .22 long rifle/20 ga. shotgun combination over/under. "Camper Companion" with short 20" barrel and compartment in stock to hold several cartridges of each caliber/ga. Excellent condition with 99% case-color and 98% bluing. Stock is very blonde. Release is in front of trigger guard, selector is on the hammer. Has sliding trapdoor in buttplate that allows for the cartridges to store in the stock. Excellent bore! Rare variation of the old Model 24. They go quite quickly!
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No, those aren't the lyrics to the old song, but it is a true statement in spite of that. Back in the good old days (early 1980s) I was winding up a 7- year career with the gummint of the state of Alabama and heading off to wider horizons with Uncle Sam. Those kind folk at the state retirement office presented me with the option of leaving my accumulated retirement pennies in the beneficent care of the state, or drawing them out to fritter away on spendthrift foolishness.
So naturally I took the money and ran.
My spendthrift foolishness included a Colt AR-15 SP-1 Carbine (already had the regular SP-1 AR-15) and an M-1A built for me by a retired Army MTU armorer at a total cost of $400 for the big gun. Somehow several thousands of rounds of ammo for the above two showed up as well.
My dad had been complaining about his bursitis bothering him, and on a trip through my home town Wallyworld I found a closeout sale on firearms underway- and me with a checking account balance to burn! So naturally I gave a thought to my dear old dad, and glommed a 20 ga. Remington 1100 Lightweight for him for some rediculous price- can't recall how much, but I thought about buying two of them. There was an interesting little Savage combination gun for sale cheepcheep too so I added it to the pile. Always did have a soft spot for combo guns, even though they are the "Stingray station wagons" of the gun world. The idea is a good one and just because the execution is often a bit flawed... well, you can't have everything.
What I got was a 22LR/20 ga. 3" O/U with 20" barrels, known I think as a 'Camper's Cpmpanion'. Haven't ever weighed it but it is mucho light. This one has a wooden pistol grip stock and wooden fore-end, beech or birch stained very dark brown, with the barrel release located in the front of the (plastic) triggerguard. It has a trapdoor in the buttplate covered by a pivoting aluminum plate, and holes in the buttstock for .22 and 20 ga. ammo. Receiver is color cased and barrels are blued, brazed together at the back and at the front with a small spacer block- there's a gap the rest of teh way between them. It came with a brown vinyl storage case lined with felt that has two compartments, one for the barrels and for-end and the other for the stock and receiver.
Sights are the usual inexpensive rifle style, a shallow U notch rear with a step elevator and a bead-on-post front. There are grooves for tipoff scope mounting and a stern warning stamped into the shotgun barrel against firing it with a scope attached. Worried about that eye relief thing I guess.
As handy as it was/is it never saw a lot of daylight. So it was practically brand new still. I brought it back with me from our Christmas visit home, and have cleaned it up from its storage packing and have now carried it for several turns around The Minor while exercising the bird dog, to discourage potential suitors (she's a big girl now at 9 months and it's too early for puppies) with a load of ratshot in the .22 barrel, and to have a shotgun available in case she finds something that needs shooting. It is very useful I think. It may stay out of its case this time.
I think it is the epitome of all the combo guns I have ever seen, and I can't recall ever actually seeing another of these for sale in person. There apparently aren't a lot of them around, so maybe the following ad wasn't or isn't lying...
http://www.thegunrunner.net/sgsavage.html
Savage Model 24C, 22 lr/20 ga. "Camper Companion"
$299.99
Savage Model 24C, .22 long rifle/20 ga. shotgun combination over/under. "Camper Companion" with short 20" barrel and compartment in stock to hold several cartridges of each caliber/ga. Excellent condition with 99% case-color and 98% bluing. Stock is very blonde. Release is in front of trigger guard, selector is on the hammer. Has sliding trapdoor in buttplate that allows for the cartridges to store in the stock. Excellent bore! Rare variation of the old Model 24. They go quite quickly!
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