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A friend has a 22mag./20 ga. over under, wondering what it's worth. The gun is in decent condition, but just a shooter. The first gun I hunted with was a 22 l.r./410 when I was 12.

bsteve check out savage 24.com but this gun's value has soared and they can be all over the place.I think your caliber is VERY popular and would expect to see at 450-500

One sold at auction I bought a 99 at for 475, two, four? weeks ago. There was one 22 LR/410 in excellent condition, question if shot more a couple times each tube, that fetched 525. Same buyer. On local racks, if you can find one, sometimes 325 and up dep./cond. They went 'hot' here some 15 years ago, and I have been trying since to replace the 22/410 I carried on my trapline, and sold while in college:( Fortunately maybe I guess, at the auction, by the time it came up, I was sitting quietly in my chair with all four pockets hanging out?

Depending on which specific style it is, in the $200 to $400 range. Savage 24s in 22 MRF over 20 gauge are pretty useful utility gun.

If you do buy it, you might consider buying a 22 LR chamber adapter from MCA Sports, www.mcace.com, so that you can practice with cheaper 22 LR ammo. If you decide to install a scope on it, the rifle barrels are grooved for .22 style scopes, I'd recommend the B-Square 3/8" Weaver base adapters. These are B-Square's part # 17025 and generally run around $23 per 2-piece set. These are the best grooved receiver/barrel adapters that I've used, much better IMO than the Kwik-Site KS-W22 adapters, because the B-Square adapters sit much lower on the receiver and I (generally) prefer a low mounted scope.

JEff

We're veering off course a bit here, however those B-Square bases look good - maximum contact along the receiver grooves is important.
The BKL units are supposed to be rugged and "stay-put" too. pyramydair.com has several rings/mnts that will fit.

Back on track with the OP: I haven't kept tabs on the prices of the various configurations of the 24 as it progressed through the years. My favorite ones were those from the mid-fifties on up through somewhere in the 60's (??) at the point when they separated the barrels. Below is a picture of my oldest, 1954. A button selector 22/410 with walnut furniture, case receiver and blued bbls.
My uber favorites are the DL's with satin chrome receivers.

So nice.

The SE series were the economy models with hardwood (birch?) Stocks and side mounted release levers. They have more steel in the tang area and are heavier and maybe a little bulkier. They are usually on the lower end of the price range.

I paid $200 & $250 for this 1939 Tenite Four-Tenner and 1951 M24-B, about two years ago.



I have a few .22 Mag rifles, but like them, and these /22LR/.410's MUCH better than the .22Mag/20Ga Savage 24-MDL, I had in the 70's.
I had scoped the 24-MDL, which effectively put the kibosh on using the shot barrel.

I find the .22lR/.410 more versitile.

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I have better success with the 20 gauge than with the 410, but have a couple of the 22/410s, a satin silver Savage 24DL and a Westpoint 242 Series P.

JEff

Thanks for the info.