Just picked up a 24B-DL

I'm not much on terminology sorry. But what are you referring to as the crown?

Inside edge of the muzzle end, where it's kinds turned down inside to keep the edge from getting dinged up (and thus destroying the gun's accuracy). Looks rusty up there.

Gunkeeper: For a good job of cleaning off rust without removing the blue or scratching the metal surface I have, for years, used either Big 45 Frontier Metal Cleaner or my favorite and locally available Chore Boy Copper scrub pads. Never steel wool as it will scratch the metal surface. Let us know how it turns out.

Oh cool.... From that previous picture at the muzzle end, I was expecting the crown to be all ate up. But that looks good 'nuff to me!

It is easy enough to remove the barrels. With the gun closed and locked just grasp the forearm and pull it away from the barrels. The gun will come apart when you open the breach. It would be a good idea to read as many back posts as you can stand there is a real education buried in there. Nice find btw, it should clean up real nice.

Here's the information I found when preparing to put a 24B-DL on my table at a local gunshow in late winter: The 24B-DL was manufactured in 1962. It was the second of six "DL" (Deluxe) models from Savage, starting with just "DL." The B-DL is an early example of DLs with the barrel selector on the side of the receiver (left side for the B; right side on the C-DL and maybe others). DLs in 1964 switched to the (IMO more dependable but less desirable) hammer-spur selector. The DLs are what I would consider semi-scarce but certainly not rare; I see a handful a year at gunshows, and more on line. Three .22-over-20 B-DLs in nice condition sold on GunBroker in January/February 2015 for $610, $599.99 and $651.51 (plus shipping on all). Mine in similar condition failed to sell at the small local show (a few hundred attendees) for $525 with a new soft case. I'm glad it didn't sell, because I found a C-DL in the much scarcer .22 over .410 at the April show in Tulsa, so now I have almost-matching .410 and 20-gauge DLs (plus a post-nickel black one in .22/.410). My C-DL could stand a barrel reblue, but my local old-time gunsmith will do it hot blue for $25 if I remove the sights, etc., and can wait for him to have a batch of recluse to do. I hope you find this information helpful. The DLs are kinda cool, although I still prefer the plain old Model .22/.410 Stevens and Model 24 Savage.