I have a Savage 24 in .22LR/20 gauge. My dad built a deck for our pastor when I was a kid in exchange for the gun. He wanted it because his FIL had a Model 24 in the same caliber/gauge and he loved it. Only difference is mine has the release on the tang and my grandfathers has it on the side.
Seems nearly impossible to find another one with a release on the side of the action in a .22LR/20 gauge around here. The phrase "scarce as hen's teeth" has been used a few times. Most guys I talk to don't even know that they were made with a release on the side instead of tang.
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there is good reason for the scarcity. The side release levers kept breaking off, so it was redesigned. (My father has the side release .22lr/,420 savage.it is the gun all of us kids were trained to hunt with.)
It was discontinued, but has been reintroduced as the model 42 with synthetic stocks. Remington also makes one, but thier rifle barrel is below the shotgun barrel, and just looks wrong. (Lol)
I intend to pick up a model 42, sooner or later as a "trunk gun".
