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Post by sidewinder on Mar 16, 2015 0:15:00 GMT -5
I realize this is an old thread, but I'm still looking for a Savage 24 .22 Hornet / 20 Gauge. Odell, of the top four you mention, I have a .357 Mag over a 20 gauge. I have since bought a Thompson Centender Contender carbine in stainless and wood,.22 Hornet 23" scoped barrel. It would be great if someone that owns a 24 in .22 Hornet / 20 gauge would give us a field report, especially a hunting field report. Has anyone had any success with "both" barrels on coyote? Sorry to not being able to give you a hunting field report but have a 24F that I bought at the Homedale, Idaho gun show a few months ago. I shot it in original Hornet configuration with accuracy hovering around the 1" range using Lil Gun and the 45 gr. Sierra. Same accuracy once I reamed it out to K-Hornet using the Graybeard reamer rental. I took a piece of an .005" feeler gauge and stuck it in between the front barrel ring at the 5 O'clock position to bring the POI of the Brenneke slugs closer in line with the rifle POI. Slugs were still low on target but shot loads seemed pretty well centered. It is a pretty ugly, heavy gun but is real accurate. Am in hospital now so no pictures. It is roughly finished and horrible trigger but accurate! Thanks for the report. Were you shooting at 100 yards? Hope you've made a 100% recovery from the hospital stay by now.
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Post by sidewinder on Mar 16, 2015 0:16:35 GMT -5
I realize this is an old thread, but I'm still looking for a Savage 24 .22 Hornet / 20 Gauge. Odell, of the top four you mention, I have a .357 Mag over a 20 gauge. I have since bought a Thompson Centender Contender carbine in stainless and wood,.22 Hornet 23" scoped barrel. It would be great if someone that owns a 24 in .22 Hornet / 20 gauge would give us a field report, especially a hunting field report. Has anyone had any success with "both" barrels on coyote? Sorry to not being able to give you a hunting field report but have a 24F that I bought at the Homedale, Idaho gun show a few months ago. I shot it in original Hornet configuration with accuracy hovering around the 1" range using Lil Gun and the 45 gr. Sierra. Same accuracy once I reamed it out to K-Hornet using the Graybeard reamer rental. I took a piece of an .005" feeler gauge and stuck it in between the front barrel ring at the 5 O'clock position to bring the POI of the Brenneke slugs closer in line with the rifle POI. Slugs were still low on target but shot loads seemed pretty well centered. It is a pretty ugly, heavy gun but is real accurate. Am in hospital now so no pictures. It is roughly finished and horrible trigger but accurate! Thanks for the report. Were you shooting at 100 yards? Hope you've made a 100% recovery from the hospital stay by now.
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Post by fflmike on Mar 19, 2015 9:14:45 GMT -5
I have not had a chance to shoot it. I put it in the safe. I don't know when or if I'll shoot it. I do have another 22 hornet I shoot occasionally.
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Post by RandyBoBandy on Jan 14, 2016 21:51:42 GMT -5
Just acquired a Savage .22 Hornet over 20 gauge with the synthetic stock. Traded a Bersa Thunder .380 (which I paid $225 for) and $125 cash for. So all in all I paid about $350. Very nice, still blued and accurate as shit. What is the value of this sweetheart? Thanks for your help.
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Post by 4570fan on Jan 15, 2016 9:42:09 GMT -5
Just acquired a Savage .22 Hornet over 20 gauge with the synthetic stock. Traded a Bersa Thunder .380 (which I paid $225 for) and $125 cash for. So all in all I paid about $350. Very nice, still blued and accurate as shit. What is the value of this sweetheart? Thanks for your help. Sounds like a DEAL to me. I paid $625 for mine including taxes and 100 rounds of Hornet ammo. Mine is in like new condition.
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Post by CapnMac on Feb 19, 2016 14:41:37 GMT -5
I just bought a 24V .22 hornet over 20 guage today here in North Florida. Found it for sale on a local gun board back in October and just now got together with seller today. I paid $550 and the gun is pristine. Came with Ammo and a brand new scope mount.
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Post by Ragnar on Feb 25, 2016 12:17:10 GMT -5
Quote Sidewinder: "I really like to be able to hold a gun in my hands, and inspect it before I lay down my hard earned $100 bills. I'll keep looking for the right gun at the right price. It's hard for me to enjoy a gun that I've overpaid for!"
I understand about being careful about laying down hard earned 100 dollar bills. But I have managed to get over that feeling of not enjoying something I over paid for. I over paid for a 4 WD Toyota Tundra truck, but I enjoy and appreciate it every time I drive it. I over paid for a model 24 Savage, but I have enjoyed hunting with it for years now and it has been with me on many successful hunts.
I guess it all comes down to learning to be happy with what I have because for too many years, I had nothing. Because I always had to pinch every penny, it always pissed me off when I got screwed or over paid. But then I got old and realized that money could not bring back lost time. It cannot replace the hunting trips that I could have had if I had just bit the bullet and got what I wanted and enjoyed it. There are some things even now I wish I had gone ahead and done back then. I have that money in the bank now that I didn't spend back then and it is not earning any interest or doing me any good.
So for me, I have learned that a man can be too frugal. He can be too concerned with money and cost. But you can't buy time. If you have the money, trade it for time because time is the most valuable thing you have although most of you don't know that. Enjoy those "SPECIAL" things now while you still can. And most of those things are not really expensive. Paying $500 dollars for a gun you REALLY WANT is a small drop in the bucket of all the things you spend money on over your life time, but the enjoyment you get from it is far greater than most of the other things you spend money on.
I am 74 now and its cold outside with a band of snow across the top of the mountain I live on. Today I lit up the wood stove downstairs and got a cup of coffee and took down my high priced and over paid model 24 Savage and laid it across my lap while sitting in front of the stove and recalled all the creeks we have crossed together, mountains we have climbed, and cold, frosty mornings when I enjoyed a cup of coffee from a thermos while we waited together to hear an old gobbler wake up and tell us where he was roosting. And now, I don't regret spending too dam much money for it at all. I just wish I had done it sooner than I did.
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Post by captcapsize on Feb 25, 2016 16:29:50 GMT -5
Good on ya Ragnar!
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Post by wildbuc on Feb 25, 2016 23:08:02 GMT -5
Ragnar speaks truly. I have traveled the same road and come to the same conclusion. Enjoy your coffee Ragnar, and thanks for the poetry.
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Post by jrguerra on Feb 26, 2016 13:48:22 GMT -5
Well stated Ragnar. Memories and experiences count for more than $$$.
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Post by richardbryant223 on Feb 27, 2016 20:31:05 GMT -5
The .22 hornet round is the 4th least common caliber in the model 24 line following the .357 Maximum (1st rarest) and .17 HMR (second rarest) and .357 Magnum (3rd rarest). The catalogs show the 24V Series D in .22 hornet over 20 gauge available from 1980-1983. It makes its next appearance in the 24F-12T as .22 hornet over 12 gauge from 1990-1993 and in the 24F Predator as .22 hornet over 20 gauge and 12 gauge from 1990-1993. odell23 - Where does .222 Remington fall on your list of least common?
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Post by Ragnar on Feb 27, 2016 22:32:11 GMT -5
Most common.
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Post by sidewinder on Sept 14, 2016 0:26:14 GMT -5
Quote Sidewinder: "I really like to be able to hold a gun in my hands, and inspect it before I lay down my hard earned $100 bills. I'll keep looking for the right gun at the right price. It's hard for me to enjoy a gun that I've overpaid for!" I understand about being careful about laying down hard earned 100 dollar bills. But I have managed to get over that feeling of not enjoying something I over paid for. I over paid for a 4 WD Toyota Tundra truck, but I enjoy and appreciate it every time I drive it. I over paid for a model 24 Savage, but I have enjoyed hunting with it for years now and it has been with me on many successful hunts. I guess it all comes down to learning to be happy with what I have because for too many years, I had nothing. Because I always had to pinch every penny, it always pissed me off when I got screwed or over paid. But then I got old and realized that money could not bring back lost time. It cannot replace the hunting trips that I could have had if I had just bit the bullet and got what I wanted and enjoyed it. There are some things even now I wish I had gone ahead and done back then. I have that money in the bank now that I didn't spend back then and it is not earning any interest or doing me any good. So for me, I have learned that a man can be too frugal. He can be too concerned with money and cost. But you can't buy time. If you have the money, trade it for time because time is the most valuable thing you have although most of you don't know that. Enjoy those "SPECIAL" things now while you still can. And most of those things are not really expensive. Paying $500 dollars for a gun you REALLY WANT is a small drop in the bucket of all the things you spend money on over your life time, but the enjoyment you get from it is far greater than most of the other things you spend money on. I am 74 now and its cold outside with a band of snow across the top of the mountain I live on. Today I lit up the wood stove downstairs and got a cup of coffee and took down my high priced and over paid model 24 Savage and laid it across my lap while sitting in front of the stove and recalled all the creeks we have crossed together, mountains we have climbed, and cold, frosty mornings when I enjoyed a cup of coffee from a thermos while we waited together to hear an old gobbler wake up and tell us where he was roosting. And now, I don't regret spending too dam much money for it at all. I just wish I had done it sooner than I did. Very sage advice. I see your point, and I'm right there with you in my time in life. Thanks for the wake up call. The best to you and yours.
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Post by sidewinder on Nov 5, 2016 22:15:37 GMT -5
Update... Three days before the 2016 Election.
I'm still looking for a Savage 24V-D in .22 Hornet/20 gauge!
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Post by 4570fan on Nov 22, 2016 18:52:50 GMT -5
Update... Three days before the 2016 Election. I'm still looking for a Savage 24V-D in .22 Hornet/20 gauge! I have a 24F Predator in 22 Hornet/20 gauge with blued, not matte black steel and synthetic stocks I'd sell.
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