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Post by admiraltyisland on Jan 31, 2017 20:23:11 GMT -5
I recently acquired a well used (but not quite abused) 24A. it is a .22 RF over a .410 with 3 inch chamber. No S/N. It has a bolt opening lever on the top tang and a selector button on the right side of the receiver. Wood appears to be walnut. Trigger guard appears to be some sort of pot metal. With the other 24 Savages I have taking the forearm off allows then pulling the gun into two pieces upon opening the action - like any over/under shotgun. With this one removing the forearm screw which holds the forearm on to a hanger under the lower barrel does not allow removal of the forearm. I am afraid of forcing it. How do I separate the barrels from the action?
The stock is in poor shape. Oil has eaten into the wood such that the action is loose within the stock, and the stock is cracked into the pistol grip. The stock holds up to firing but really needs to be replaced, or maybe it's better to say that the gun deserves a new stock as it is an honest old gun. Stocks on EBay routinely sell for more than I paid for the gun. I can think of few alternatives to sitting down with a piece of wood and a rasp and finding a new stock within the piece of wood. Is there another alternative?
Thanks. My garage sale addiction is enabled by running on to finds like neglected Savage 24 guns. They are so much fun to shoot that I pounce on .410 ammo at every garage sale.
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Post by neilrr on Jan 31, 2017 22:50:12 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum you will find a lot of good information here and always someone willing to help a fellow 24 owner. As to your request....to remove the barrels from the receiver you must first replace the screw you removed from the fore-end (forearm). Once the screw is replaced and with the barrels locked up to the receiver you can pull the combined fore-end and fore-end spring housing assembly off of the barrel by grasping the end of the fore-end closest to the muzzle and pulling downward and back towards the receiver. This will allow the spring loaded fore-end to come free from the barrels. With the fore-end removed and as with other 24s you would next rotate the top snap (bolt opening lever) to the right and the barrels will rotate open from the receiver. With the barrels open slide them back slightly towards the receiver to disengage them from the receiver. As to a replacement stock there are several other gun part sites that sell these stocks....Numrich, Brownells, Jack First, etc., all of which can be found on the web. Possibly another forum member might have one for sale. Good luck and if you need any further help with disassembly or repairs please feel free to ask.
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Post by admiraltyisland on Feb 1, 2017 13:12:09 GMT -5
Thank you very much; the disassembly was flawless once I had your advice. The 24V in 30-30/12 GA (a gun I bought new) I have works like O/U shotguns commonly do in that taking off the forearm is necessary to separating the barrels from the action. The second garage sale 22/410 I have also works that way if I recall correctly. These are fun guns. The first time I put a .22 short through one of them I had to look down the barrel to make sure the bullet made it out, and that is an advantage. A .410 slug is for all intents and purposes quite similar to a .41 magnum revolver load, so while it is not a gun for bear hunting it would be useful in a pinch. Both 22/410 models appear to be well regulated so far as .22 bullets and .410 slugs hitting quite close together. Where I am we are surrounded by federal land so for shooting older guns like this we Americans seem to have dodged a bullet so to speak in that the Obama ban on lead shot and bullets will surely be overturned by the incoming Interior secretary whereas had the election gone the other way we would be out of luck. Thanks again.
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Post by jrguerra on Feb 1, 2017 13:52:28 GMT -5
Thank you very much; the disassembly was flawless once I had your advice. The 24V in 30-30/12 GA (a gun I bought new) I have works like O/U shotguns commonly do in that taking off the forearm is necessary to separating the barrels from the action. The second garage sale 22/410 I have also works that way if I recall correctly. These are fun guns. The first time I put a .22 short through one of them I had to look down the barrel to make sure the bullet made it out, and that is an advantage. A .410 slug is for all intents and purposes quite similar to a .41 magnum revolver load, so while it is not a gun for bear hunting it would be useful in a pinch. Both 22/410 models appear to be well regulated so far as .22 bullets and .410 slugs hitting quite close together. Where I am we are surrounded by federal land so for shooting older guns like this we Americans seem to have dodged a bullet so to speak in that the Obama ban on lead shot and bullets will surely be overturned by the incoming Interior secretary whereas had the election gone the other way we would be out of luck. Thanks again. Well, the .410 slugs I've shot out of my .410s (Savage 94Y) did not display any wound resemblence to my .41 Rem. Magnum, not even the pure lead bullets. I've read that the .410 slug is comparable to the .38 Spcl. handgun load and personally feel that comparison is more accurate. There are real life examples of full grown deer taken by .410 slugs, for the record. I personally would not attempt that unless I was REALLY desperate and very close to the animal. When I was a teenager, I wondered if the .41 Magnum would fire in my .410 - I am glad now that I did not try that experiment! I am thinking of ordering some ammunition from Paraklese Technology, just to try out. The .410 slugs are reputedly some of the most effective factory .410 slug available. www.paraklesetechnologies.com/categories.aspGlad to hear you got your gun perking - hope to hear more about it / them soon ! |
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