I have a 24 made in the early 1960s in .22WRM and .410--nice walnut stock and side barrel selector, case-colored receiver. I too have to use a scope because of old-age farsightedness. Put a Weaver V3 on this one and with the scope on 3X it is very accurate with the original Winchester 40gr. hollowpoint .22WRM. And as a bonus, it shoots the sabotted .375 roundballs from Ballistic Products to the same point of aim at 50 yards in the .410 barrel with the scope on 1X! Kinda fun.
Never used it for tree squirrels when I lived in NYS, but did shoot cottontails with the .410 if they ran and then switched to FMJ .22WRM if they sat. Here I use it for cottontails (to eat) and ground squirrels (not).
