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I am looking at purchasing a Savage 24 from an individual and was wondering what current values are? Don't know the series designator yet, just that it's a Savage 24 in .22 LR/20 Ga configuration. Condition is said to be "average" with some finish flaking on the buttstock.

What is a good price for one of these?

Thanks!
Keith

wide range of prices
these are really popular so the values are all over the board
IMOP a 20ga/22lr (I feel this is the most basic,most available combo) around $300

I paid $450. for a 30-30/20ga. I think it is the best of the lot, but for some reason the 20/357 versions tend to cost more. Go figure.

There weren't as many of the 20/.357 made which accounts for the price.
I think $300 for what the OP is looking at is a fair price.

Stan in SC

I have owned three - and still own the .30-30/12 gauge, the best of the bunch for all around use. The .22 LR /410 gauge was wonderful for squirrel, rabbit, and grouse - and for youngsters to learn on. The .222 over 20 gauge was a nice varmint, small game and bird hunting rifle but the .30-30/12 gauge is the best of the best. Powerful enough for almost any animal in the lower 48 - VERY accurate with slugs, and worked well on birds - even geese and ducks.

The .357/20 would be neat but I don't see what it would do that the other calibers wouldn't do better.

JMO -

Terry

I own one in the .223/12ga. 3" with choke tubes. Fantastic trigger, and good pattern. It is the black synthetic version, I think it is a 24F. I shot a coyote at 300 yds last year with .223, and a fox with the shotgun at about 50 yds with #4 buck. I had to give $650 for it, and think it was worth every penny. I use it for my calling needs. I just purchased a Valmet .243/12ga. fixed choke. I like the features of the Valmet (especially if a double would come in), and it shoots very,very well, but thinking of selling one of them, as I don't need both. Tough decision.

With the Valmet you'll run onto various other barrel sets that might interest you.

That isn't an option with the 24.

I've owned a 22mag/410, a 30-30/20, and now have a 22rf/20 camper model and a synthetic stocked 24V in 223/12ga with 1x Leupold set up in a scout mount. Although heavy, it's my favorite setup for varnint calling.

Nice thing about the 24's is you can buy the whole gun for the price of a Valmet barrel set, sometimes for less...

Hey Luv
there a lot of barrel combo's for the 24V series,I have 5 for mine,even more if you go to the 2400 (six )
as for the 357 max option it is the ulimate hog gun in heavier cover

Yep

You can have five nice 24s sitting there, all different, for less than a Valmet 412 and five barrel sets.

I spent a couple months looking for a 24. I watched all the auction sites and I didn't see any for $300. I didn't see any for $400 either. I paid $450 for my 20 gauge over .22mag. I had trouble finding a gun that wasn't beat too. I had a couple dealers remind me that these guns tended to get a lot of use. There's a 20 gauge over .22lr with the roll engraved fox on the side down at the gun shop that got a $550 price tag on it. I think the doomsday preppers are driving up prices. I'm still looking for a .22lr over .410 and I wouldn't hesitate to pay $500 for a nice one. I haven't seen one yet that wasn't rust pitted and dinged up. I mentioned somewhere in a post when I picked up the gun that it wasn't a super accurate .22. A bunch of folks came on to let me know that they aren't known for accuracy. I'm still going to shoot squirrels with it in about two weeks.

Once you can find a good selection of .22 WRM (WHENEVER that is...), try all that are out there. .22s, including Magnums, tend to be picky, but with the right load, 24s can be very accurate. I have a 24MDL (silver receiver, .410 under .22 WRM) that is the most accurate of the 4 .22 WRMs I have, including a custom Win LoWall, a Winchester 61M, and a custom TC Contender Carbine. And try .22WRF (".22 Specials") if you can find some; many magnums prefer the older, slower ctg. for some reason.

In other words, experiment as much as you can.

Perhaps I should add that the "accuracy problem" with most 24s really has nothing to do with barrels and ballistics and everything to do with their (usually) crappy triggers. The first thing to fix, IMO.

Many DIY recipes on the web; and any old gunsmith (I really mean any gunsmith who is OLD enough...) can improve them 100%.

The 24 was the gun my father and I carried on the trapline here in the '60s. A 22lr/20 with the slide selector. A 20 at very close range sure kills a fox deader than the anticipated 22lr!

I have had quite a few different ones including a 22Hornet/20 I traded OlBlue out of. It had a broken stock so the price was right.

Would like to find a 410/410...

They tend to run at least $450 here for a reasonable example.

Just fixed one for a kid and it was another example of all the changes the 24 has gone through. The 22lr firing pin had shortened up with use and though Numrich and others said they had firing pins for it, none was the same version. The cut-out for the retaining screw was far deeper than most and the body larger in diameter.

Instead of a 15 minute fix it took some tweaking on the pin to make it work reliably.

Sitka
If you still own the 24V hornet /20 then you can get a set of 410/410 barrels from numrcih that will fit it--they drop straight in!

Will that work on a 24D? I had no idea such a thing was available. The second shot might be a bit slow with the selector on the hammer though. To the OP, I bought my 24D .22/20 here on the fire for $225, about $100 less than I could find one anywhere else.

"That isn't an option with the 24."

Luv2S,

I'm not sure what you meant there. I have a 24V with 2 bbl sets (222/20 and 30-30/20) that both lock up tight and work fine on the same action. I may have lucked out. Here's the sets - they are even 2 different series of 24V:

My 24V-A started with the 222/20.I have added 30-30/20 barrels,357 max/20 ga barrels,223/20 ga barrels and a set of 410/410 barrels.They all fit and fire.I can't speak for the 24D but I'd be willing to bet they'll work,if not, Numrich is pretty good about returns so what do you have to loose?

I Didn't realize they were interchangeable!

I like the 24s even more now.

If you like the 24's you need to see my 2400 collection--6 barrel sets

I do and I will have to check that out.

450-550 in my neck of the woods

OK. This thread makes me feel a bit better...I think.

I first bought a Baikal 94 in 22lr/410. Brand new in the box, with 4 chokes. $365. I feel good about that purchase.

Then, along came a Savage 24S E 22WMR/410.

It was on my "route", so no travel costs, and no shipping, etc. He was asking $375. When I first handled the gun, I was disappointed about a few things:

- the receiver was engraved with the previous owner's name. It was deep, and not like a scratching engraving. This was actually better new to me, as at least it was done cleanly.

- small pit spots on the side of the muzzle.

- 22mag firing pin was replaced.

- the stock was refinished and didn't look bad, but it has minor cracks. None of the cracks are deep, or look to be a functional issue, but this is for sure the poorest condition gun I own.

This was an early model, with really small rear sight. Doesn't bother me though and the receiver is grooved for a scope.

I offered him $325 and he took it. I really feel like I should have offer $300, or possibly less. The engraving should have really bought the price down. Not having to pay shipping, etc. I guess made the jump a tad quickly, but I was pressed for time. He three in 15 rounds of CCI HV, which he found to be the most accurate in this rifle.

Like one poster said, I didn't see any on Gunbroker go for less than $400. I was at the local gunshow today and only saw one 410/22 combo gun. It was really like a metal skeleton gun, by design. $300. It looked homemade, but was not. Not sure I would even fire a shell from it though.

Back in the Sixties, I ordered a 24V 222Rem x 20ga , when they were first offered . Right out of the box , it was dead azz accurate ,went right to shootin' chucks out in the far yonder , The barrel band was different than a rimfire version ,which may have contributed to it's accuracy . Pricewise , I got $425 for it a long time ago . It was still in mint cond .

If anyone is interested there's a savage24.com site

In this day and age, $300 for a Savage 24 in good condition is probably a fair price. I think that the 22Mag/410 is the least common of the four rimfire combinations of 22/410, 22M/410, 22/20, and 22M/20.

My Father was never a 410 fan, but got a Savage 24DL in 22M/20 when they first came out and it stood in the corner of the mud room at home from around 1964 until shortly after my Father died in 2000. That gun shot a bunch of 'chucks and grouse over those years.

I have a Savage 24DL-Series P in 22/20 that is engraved as a wedding gift. I bought it at a gun show in Missouri, which, I guess, says it all. I like the 22/410s and 22M/410s as a woods loafing gun 'cause they're light and point pretty well, but think that the 22M/20 would be a better survival gun.

Jeff

I agree that would be a fair price ,but in my neck of the woods you stole one for 450, but most likely will be paying 550 plus for any combo other than 22lr/410

I have been on savage24.com. Good info, but not as much activity. Savageshooter is also a great site for Savage owners, though not as much coverage of the 24.

when it comes to versitility I feel my 24V in 222/20 ga has all the rest beat hands down.I used to have several 24's in the rimfire configuration (22lr/22mag in 20 or 410)but then I got a couple of adapters that let me shoot 22lr and 22mag from the 222 barrel and after using the adapter I sold my rimfire guns.

That's not a bad option. If I found a cleaner 222, I might go that route. Where did you get the adapter?

The last 22LR/410 that I bought was a minty Westpoint 242 - Series P in 2008, paid $330 at Cabela's, who are almost always priced at the top of fair retail, and felt that, based on the condition, it was a fair price. Not sure what fair market value would be today, almost six years later.

Jeff

I've bought 22LR and 22Mag chamber adapters from Ace Dube that worked OK, good enough to kill a rabbit at 30 yards.

www.mcace.com

Jeff

I got my adaters from a guy at 24savage web site so I don't know where he got them from
If you are looking for a 222/20 try to get the one without the "pinned barrel" (usually marked 24V-A)because you get a better chance of being able to switch barrels with other 24V's

I currently have several 24Vs and have probably owned twenty-five or thirty over the years. The one thing that I have noticed about the centerfire 24s is that few that I have owned or shot were very accurate, that most were inaccurate once the very light barrels got the least bit warm, and none were accurate once the barrels got hot.

My current CF 24s are 222 (x2), 223 (x2), 30-30, and 357, all over 20 gauge.

Jeff

Jeff
Nice collection of 24's--I have the same guns
Which 357 do you have? the max. or the mag.

Have had three 24s over the years... A very early .22LR/.410 that I left in Texas with a friend who still hunts with it.. The next was a 24J-DL .22 Mag/20 that someone replaced the walnut Monte Carlo stock with a Tenite one...just what I wanted in a truck gun which is where it has resided for about 10 years. And a few years ago I bought an identical gun with the walnut stock but later sold it when I decided I was never going to ware out the first one...

This 24J-DL is extremely accurate with standard 40 grain ammo...but it will throw the new 30-34 grail bullets all over the place. Buckshot and birdshot pattern real well but have never found a slug that the choke likes...and I have tried them all. Federal TruBall works ok but 50 yard groups are still patterns..

Mine wears a 1.5-5 Leupold in a BKL one piece mount that has 6 cross screws in the base...nothing moves.

As to price, anything decent from any era starts at $400 and works it way up. The last 24J-DL .22M/20 ga. I saw sell on GunBroker was close to $600.00.

Great guns...Bob

Nice combo,I've got 223 or. 12 ga ,very effective coyote medicine ,very effective

24V Series D, 357 Magnum over 20 gauge.

I use the B-Square Weaver adapters to mount scopes on my rimfire Savage 24 combination guns.

Jeff

I had a opportunity to pick one up in that configuration at a gun show and didn't because it had a cracked stock ,regret it now. I'm sure I could have found wood for it

eBay or GPC if you were looking for functional, but perhaps not matching, wood.

Jeff

IIRC, they also have some that are not walnut for a few bucks less.

Savage 24 stocks

I'll admit to using Numrich on rare and desperate occasions, but would rather deal with real people who seem to care.

Try these guys. I don't see a 24V in their listing, but a call may reveal they have a good used one in stock.

http://www.gun-parts.com/savagestocks/

If you are looking for Savage 24 wood, while not OEM, Boyds is a very good source of aftermarket wood for a Savage 24.
Boyds Sav stocks/forends

Incidentally, Boyds is the supplier for Numrich(GPC) aftermarket Savage 24 stocks, so you can prolly save a little buying from Boyds.

Also, Boyds is the only aftermarket producer of a Savage 24 stock for the 'side lever' 24's that have the 'v notch' stock.

If you go to that link, and scroll through the options on the left, you'll see that they have the forends also.

If you are looking for a forend for a 24V 20 gauge, you want a forend for a .410. The monolithic block on the 24V's(centerfires) are smaller than the Rimfire over 20 gauge monolithic block and the .410 forend is the one that fits. A forend from a rimfire over 20 will work, but you'll have a 1/4 inch gap between the wood and barrel, and while functional, doesn't look all that appealing.

Here is a pic showing the difference in the barrel channel. The forend on the left is for a 24V centerfire, and on the right is the barrel channel for a 20 gauge over rimfire.

'Bout a year and a half back, a '60s vintage .30-30/20 ga/3" in very good condition came home with me for $325. I found the 20 ga to center patterns of #3 buck about 10" high at 25 yds if the sights are used. The .30-30 shoots cast 180 grain bullets quite well with groups of 5 running 1-2" during load development. I expect it to settle down to a reliable 2 MOA shooter with all said and done.

I've had a few. I miss the 357/20 the most. killed a lot of ptarmigan and snowshoes with mine.
I've got some synthetic camo 24 stocks available if anyone needs them. I planned on finding a 30/30-20 gauge to use them on.








I found this instead- Staggs Bilt 30/30-20

I have the chance to pick up a near mint 24F 223/12 gauge with interchangeable chokes for around $350. After reading this looks like that's not a bad price. Might even be able to make some money on it down the road. Any information on value of the 223/12gauge in particular? This has interchangeable chokes with the black synthetic stock

The general feeling, that I have heard/read, about the 12 gauge Savage 24s is that they are too heavy. Heavy enough to lose the handy "woods loafing" utility factor that the 20 gauge guns have and the 410 guns have even more so.

That said, you might like it and, if not, be able to get at least 100% of your $350 purchase price back.

Jeff

Savage 24V series D, .357/20 gauge. 158 gr .357 mag bullet replicates a .30-30 closely, but I can also plink with .38 Spec.

How would that camo stock look on her?


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