It's worth looking for a Savage 2400 made in Finland by Valmet and imported by Savage in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were made in only two flavors, a 12 guage Imp. Mod. barrel over a .308 WCF and the same shotgun barrel over a .222 Rem. I have one of each. Have been using the .222 barreled version for years (coyotes and turkeys mainly) and just got the .308 barreled version from a gentleman in upstate NYS, although I've used one owned by a friend for deer hunting several times.
They are heavier than a M24, MUCH nicer made, more expensive, and take Sako scope rings on an integral dovetail mount. Look much like the later Valmet 412 but don't have the interchangeable barrels and are somewhat lighter. Barrels are a metric odd length about 23 1/2". They use a Czech-designed action first patented in France in 1922, then picked up by Remington in 1932, and used by Kreighoff and Valmet WWII.
