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Post by odell23 on Apr 28, 2014 9:57:30 GMT -5
lxix02,
You're absolutley correct about it not having a date code because it has a serial number instead. By the sound of it, you have a 24 Field Grade Series N built in around 1972. I can narrow the date on this one because 1972 was the last year Savage built the .22mag/.410. The Field Grade line first appears in 1972 with the Series M which was quickly replaced by the Series N the following year. Just like cars, next years model is being built the year prior. I have no info on where it might have been sold, but the MSRP for that model was somewhere between $66.95 and $68.95 for that era.
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Mar 20, 2014 20:23:21 GMT -5
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Post by odell23 on Mar 20, 2014 20:23:21 GMT -5
Topper 2 For some reason I can't send you PM. Shoot me an email sciurushunter@gmail.com to discuss. Thanks
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Post by odell23 on Feb 6, 2014 18:42:56 GMT -5
With so few options to obtain information about the Savage 24 to make this book what I want it to be, I've turn to the only resource left, and sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the BATFE. If I go missing, you'll know why.
I never imagined writing a book about a combination gun would be this difficult.
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Post by odell23 on Feb 6, 2014 9:29:09 GMT -5
Not to take away from anything texasbad said, but those 2 guns cannot be compared justly.
The weak point in all of the early guns was the slide button barrel selector. That was the reason Savage moved to the hammer selector. You can fairly easily convert the slide button to a hammer selector if you want to. The early model 24 and 24DL guns are fantastic as long as the barrel are regulated correctly and most were.
The 24S guns with the sidelever breech opening system were built by and meant for economy. They are the most radically different in design when compared the rest of the models. They did however have the same style brazed barrels as the others which makes for equally good shooting.
I have some great separated barrel 24C, 24D & 24FG as well. The biggest trick is getting one you like that shoots well.
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Post by odell23 on Feb 6, 2014 9:10:40 GMT -5
Rare as hens teeth in any condition, stock or no stock. The most valuable and sought after of any 24. Only other model on par with these is the 24CS.
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Post by odell23 on Feb 4, 2014 22:38:01 GMT -5
Only available in 1983 & 1984. Came with a stock and a pistol grip. 20 inch barrels.
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Post by odell23 on Feb 4, 2014 22:37:27 GMT -5
Only available in 1983 & 1984. Came with a stock and a pistol grip. 20 inch barrels.
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Post by odell23 on Feb 4, 2014 19:07:57 GMT -5
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Post by odell23 on Feb 4, 2014 18:58:25 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.
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Post by odell23 on Jan 31, 2014 13:13:56 GMT -5
I have a 24 D series P that's a 22 win mag over 20 ga, Bought the gun back about 1968 when I was a kid from a gun smith gun shop down the road from me He told me the gun was about 15 years old then Point is mine has a serial number??? It has the 24 inch barrels The monte carlo stock with check pattern The gun has seen little ammo like new except for the trigger guard which is plastic and broke at the back screw hole. Any Thoughts On This??? Well 22wrm wasn't a part of the 24 line until 1960. The 24D wasn't produced until 1969 and the Series P was the third model in the 24D line. So your gun is from some time in the 1970's.
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Post by odell23 on Jan 21, 2014 9:22:29 GMT -5
I'll give you that the "ES" stamping is odd, but I don't know of any significance to it. Counter sinking the crown was not something Savage would have done. Sounds like a pre 1964 Model 24 with some gunsmith work done to it and a mysterious stamp to me.
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Post by odell23 on Jan 21, 2014 9:13:18 GMT -5
Looks like 1 part Springfield M6 and 1 part Staggs-Built combo in its design. Nothing wrong with that, just interesting. I'm willing to give it a chance, but I wish they could have put the shotgun on the bottom like a Savage.
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Post by odell23 on Jan 18, 2014 7:58:58 GMT -5
Not yet. You can get some date information on the FAQ on the savage24.com page. I've been slowly working on an update, but still have to finish it.
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Post by odell23 on Jan 16, 2014 10:19:29 GMT -5
bigkelly,
Sorry it has taken so long for me to get back to you, just been real busy with work lately. So here are all the Savage published twist rates for the 24F line of guns:
.17HMR 1:9" .22LR 1:16" .223Rem 1:9" .30-30Win 1:12"
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Post by odell23 on Jan 15, 2014 8:54:28 GMT -5
That's about the going rate for Marlin Model 90 combos these days.
The Marlin Model 90 combo came out in 1940 and was really the only competition to the Stevens Model 22-410 which was released in 1939. The vast majority of the Model 90 guns were .22lr over .410, but they did produce less than 250 guns total in both .22 hornet over .410 and .218 bee over 410 according to Brophy's Marlin Book. There was also about 20 or less R&D experimental guns chambered in .30-30 over 20 gauge. The Marlin Model 90 combos only lasted until 1942 when all commercial sales of firearms ceased because of WW2 war production. They were dropped from Marlin's line when things resumed in 1946.
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