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Post by neilrr on Dec 20, 2014 8:22:08 GMT -5
At a gun show yesterday I came across a version of the 24 that I had not seen before. The gun had the selector button on the left side of the gun, not the right side. The internal selector arm had been removed and the hammer had been replaced with a newer design that manually adjusts to fire either the .22 or .410 barrel. I am assuming this was a left handed version of the 24. Has anyone else come across this version of the 24?
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Post by vancmike on Dec 20, 2014 13:29:48 GMT -5
Smart-ass answer: all break-action firearms are left-handed....as well as right-handed. That includes my single and double-barrel shotguns, as well as my single-shot lever Win 1885 rifles. It's said the Colt SAA is a left-handed firearm (you hold it in your left hand to open the loading gate and load/unload.
Non-smarty answer: no, there would be no reason to make a break-action firearm a lefty. Someone here can probably answer the left-side selector switch.
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Post by neilrr on Dec 20, 2014 14:24:08 GMT -5
I like both you smart and non-smart-ass answers, but in this case I do not totally agree with them. The selector button position on the receiver could make the gun a right hand or left hand gun. With the selector button on the right side it is not easy for a left hand shooter to manipulate the selector button up and down without moving his or her trigger hand. With the selector button on the left side it is directly accessible to a left trigger hand. As to other 24 models or break open guns in general that do not use a selector button on the receiver I would totally agreed with both your smart-ass as well as the non-smart answers.
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odell23(forgotmypassword)
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Post by odell23(forgotmypassword) on Dec 20, 2014 20:27:03 GMT -5
The real answer is that the early 20 gauges all have the button on the left side while the .410's remained on the right until Savage came out with the hammer selector. Likely the reasons for the left side button had to do with slight dimensional differences of making a .410 into a 20 gauge. Savage avidly promoted the model 24 as ambidextrous because of the ambidextrous top snap lever. The selector had nothing to do with which hand to shoot it with. Hope this helps clear it up for you.
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Post by Mr. Polecat on Dec 20, 2014 20:43:57 GMT -5
And, to my knowledge the Savage 24 doesn't have any cast-off, so it should shoot equally well right or left handed.
Sometimes you will run across a double shotgun (usually the more expensive ones) that feels real good when you shoulder it right-handed, but just doesn't feel right if you shoulder it left-handed. If you look real close, you'll discover that the stock casts off to the side a hair. That's intentional.
But that would be the only "real" thing that would make a double right- or left-handed. AFAIK none of the Savage 24s are like that.
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Post by neilrr on Dec 21, 2014 12:23:49 GMT -5
odell23 - thanks for clearing up the reason for the left hand receiver location for the selector button.
leaf - you are absolutely correct about the stocks being fitted on a slight angle on an expensive shotgun for a left or right handed shooter. It does make the shotgun feel like it fits better on the shooter's shoulder.
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Post by vancmike on Dec 21, 2014 21:27:02 GMT -5
Odell! Find your password! We need all your knowledge.....daily!!!
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