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Based on that chart, I think the unfired 24V I picked up is a 1966? Won it in a local Kalispell auction.

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My brother just surprised me for Christmas. A 24 22mag/20ga. It's used but it will work just fine to teach my daughter to shoot

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The full length brazed ones will almost always out shoot the ones with separated barrels and muzzle band.

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I bought my mod. 24 in 1960. Still have it and shoot it frequently. I took a scope off of it years ago and just use the furnished irons. Excellent small game gun.

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Friend of mine in PENN has owned a 222/20 for a long time now, and with a scope the 222 is very accurate. The 20 gauge isnt that great with the scope mounted on it. He mainly shot woodchucks, fox, and turkey with it.But seldom uses it anymore because of the weight of the gun and the trigger pull. Last I talked to him he uses a bolt action 22 hornet

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Yep, scoped my 24 DL 22 Mag./20 gauge and that scope made the shotgun barrel near useless. Accurate enough with the mag barrel, but a Williams peep sight near doubled the open sight radius and works way better with the somewhat limited range of the .22 mag barrel.


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My first 24 was a 24C. Shot really well and even shot 20 gauge slugs close enough to the sights at 25 yards to use them if needed. I ended up trading that one for the best 24 I ever owned.

It was a 24V 222/20 gauge. The rifle shot exceptionally well. It was rare for it to shoot any 50 grain bullet over an inch for five shots. And the shotgun shot center of pattern to the crosshairs at 25 yards with the rifle zeroed 2” high at 100. And the trigger was the least atrocious of any of the 24s. I ended up trading it back to the original owner. Regrettably.

My next 24V wouldn’t group at all and the shotgun wouldn’t come close to pattering anywhere near the rifle zero. Sold it. Bought a third one. The rifle barrel shot very well but again the shotgun wasn’t anywhere close to the crosshairs at 25 yards. It went away.

Now I’m back to where I started, with a 24C, 22LR/20 gauge. Rifle barrel shoots really well but I’ve yet to check the shotgun to see if it shoots to the sights.


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Mart, I assume that your 24V combos were the later separate barrel versions. I know that 24C was the early solid upper and lower version, shorter and with a more open choke. Just for grins, I tried slugs through mine and it hit 4" low from the magnum barrel and I suspect that with fresher 2 3/4" or 3" slugs it would be even closer. Neat rambling around combo that would do well as a survival gun.


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Yes. All were the later versions. I used the first one for calling coyotes when I lived in Eastern Washington. It worked fairly well. I kept 3” copper plated BBs in the bottom barrel and always left the selector on the shotgun. It was easy to thumb the selector to the rifle barrel as I cocked it if I needed to switch to it. It worked okay but I found myself gravitating to my rifles more the the 24. Had it been my only calling gun, I’m sure I would have made it work. That first one was the best of the three 24Vs. I never took the other two afield.


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have & have had several, the 22lr is very acccurate, have not shot the .223, will get a 22mag when the price is right

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Originally Posted by mart
My first 24 was a 24C. Shot really well and even shot 20 gauge slugs close enough to the sights at 25 yards to use them if needed.

After reading over at rimfirecentral someone who posted that his Savage 24C shot slugs to the same point as the 22LR barrel, I picked one up at a gunshow for a good price. Unfortunately, mine did not, not by a lot, so I tripped it. Can't find any pictures, but I swear it had a barrel band.


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I know that 24C was the early solid upper and lower version, shorter and with a more open choke.

The 24C's were cylinder bore.

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My 24 stacks Remington 22 Subsonics into one ragged hole at 25 yards. Problem is, the sights are so tiny, I have a hard time seeing them. The way the sights are mounted (one piece ramp in front, oddball dovetail in the rear), you can't really upgrade them.

Its one of the older soldered 24s, I picked it up at the local pawn shop for $200 a few years back.

I'd like to mount a scope on the dovetail, but I have yet to find rings that fit. I have a period Weaver steel tube that would be perfect if I could figure out what rings to use.

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Originally Posted by J23
My 24 stacks Remington 22 Subsonics into one ragged hole at 25 yards. Problem is, the sights are so tiny, I have a hard time seeing them. The way the sights are mounted (one piece ramp in front, oddball dovetail in the rear), you can't really upgrade them.

Its one of the older soldered 24s, I picked it up at the local pawn shop for $200 a few years back.

I'd like to mount a scope on the dovetail, but I have yet to find rings that fit. I have a period Weaver steel tube that would be perfect if I could figure out what rings to use.


I use the 2-piece B-Square 3/8" to Weaver adapters, or their cheaper Chinese knock-offs, on my rimfire Savage 24s. I have installed 1" scopes on those Savage 24s with B-Square Sport Utility rings that I bought from CDNN. The Chinese knock-offs can be found on eBay listed as "2PC Dovetail 11mm to 20mm Weaver Picatinny Rail Adapter Scope Mount Base SnapIn" priced at $10.99.

My old 22M/410 has an old Japanese Bushnell Banner 1.5-4x20 scope installed and my equally old 22M/20 has a Leupold Rifleman 2-7x33 installed, both with these adapters and 1" rings.

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Originally Posted by J23
I'd like to mount a scope on the dovetail, but I have yet to find rings that fit. I have a period Weaver steel tube that would be perfect if I could figure out what rings to use.

I use Weaver tip-off rings. Check the photo in my 08/20/20 post.


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Thanks for the suggestions!!

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I use Weaver tip-off rings. Check the photo in my 08/20/20 post.


CHIPy, are those the same as new production rings, or an older version?


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Originally Posted by J23
Thanks for the suggestions!! Are those the same as new production rings, or an older version?

Those rings are decades old. Don’t know if newer versions have been changed since.


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Originally Posted by J23
My 24 stacks Remington 22 Subsonics into one ragged hole at 25 yards. Problem is, the sights are so tiny, I have a hard time seeing them. The way the sights are mounted (one piece ramp in front, oddball dovetail in the rear), you can't really upgrade them.

Its one of the older soldered 24s, I picked it up at the local pawn shop for $200 a few years back.

I'd like to mount a scope on the dovetail, but I have yet to find rings that fit. I have a period Weaver steel tube that would be perfect if I could figure out what rings to use.


You might try some better quality air rifle rings. It looks like the right width. I believe they are 11mm, so measure the base and see if that's close. Good quality air gun rings are stout.


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The Warne all steel .22 rings have enough "bite" for the shallow groove and work perfectly.

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