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A guy in our town is selling one. Is this a rare configuration? I don’t pay attention to these but spot them every now and then. It’s actually a perfect setup for here. 357 for deer and 20 gauge for grouse. Guy wants $800. Sounds steep to me but I don’t follow them.

RAS

The last one I handled was around 1993.

those are on the rare side.. buy it if it's got condition .

plab

The last one I saw was 1200 and it sold

It blows my mind what the 24's bring

Me too ^^^^

that chamber combo is kind of rare. they command the highest prices. one on gb right now with starting 900.00.
you may luck out and have one that is accurate. i have had a dozen or so over the years and was never overwhelmed with their accuracy.
i am lusting for a 222/20 myself.
and the prices all of a sudden have gone insane.

I've said this before, but I can't rationalize that much cash being asked for a bargain store gun. Eight hundred bucks could buy me any number of damn nice sporting rifles or scatter guns that didn't begin their lives in discount stores. Sorry if I made anyone mad but I still don't see that kind of value in the 24.

He will get $800 if he is patient, in that cal/gauge combo and it is in good condition. Not sure why but the much more common 24s bring over $400 these days.

Kinda like M6- scouts. Not that well made, but I still want one.

If you want to see the price go up look for a 357 Maxim over 20ga

Buy it.

I traded a Nylon 66 for a 24V in 357 MAX at a pawn shop last month. It had been rechambered from 357 MAG and shows a bit of character, but I had $160 in the Nylon 66 and figured that even a bubba'd 24V was worth $160, plus I don't particularly care for Nylon 66s.

Last week I turned it around for a minty CLR in 300 WIN MAG, another rifle that I don't particularly need.

Keep going. You'll end up where you wish sooner or later!

I think that there is an elk hunter somewhere out there who wants a light to carry bolt gun in 300 WIN MAG.

I think that I could trade it even up for a Winchester 70 XTR FWT in 7x57, but I'm not shooting any of the 11 rifles in 7x57 that I already have.

Going to see this firearm tomorrow morning.

You can get a hella nice 99 for 800-bucks. Didn't they use to sell these things in the Wards catalog? Seriously, they used to sell 311s in the Wards catalog. Sorry, I just can't get into the 24.

Hopefully it is in good shape and he'll come down in price. Good luck if you end up liking it!

Just because they sold them in the Wards catalog don't mean a thing. They also sold Browning A-5's in the Wards catalog.

Yes, and I've seen screamin' A5s languish on gun show tables at less money than that. A Browning A5 does not a Savage 24 make. The 24 might be a fun gun to shoot but at the prices they demand, which obviously puts me in the minority, is a real mood killer. Jeff asked for opinions here and I'm being honest to my perspective. It's just not the same as everyone else.

I'd pay $800 up here for one in 357 or 357 Max in a heartbeat.

They are about as common as an 1895 up here.

You guys are lucky, you have Gunbroker, just punch in 24 357 or Stevens 240 and bang, there's one for sale. I've been looking for both up here for years now with no luck excpet for a 240 on CGN that the wacko wants $1300 for, good luck.

Picked it up via a trade.

And if anyone has to have one, it can be had for a nice Savage 99 in trade.

If not, no biggie.

I am taking it grouse hunting this Christmas break.

You silver tongued devil you!

It’s definitely a niche rifle. Prior to me discovering this one, I didn’t know 357 was even an option. I already have my late grandfather’s 24 in 22 Mag over 410. I won the Dead Possum Award mostly because of that gun.

So I have a soft spot for them. What can I say.

What do you want in a 1899/ 99 Jeff?

Roy,

Somewhere above a 99EG in 300, and below a Monarch. Lots of wiggle room.

Merry Christmas

I've got that around here sumares!

Hey, don't be talking smack about the EG in 300 guys. That's an American classic don't ya know!

This weeks episode of The Last Alaskans on Animal Planet, the young trapper Charlie pulled his father's 24 out of a storage barrel, test fires it with the old ammo then goes rabbit hunting for supper. He never mentions Savage or the clambering but the box of Remington ammo he pulled out was .222 and the shotgun shells were 20 gauge.

I saw that show and didn't make out the rifle barrel caliber. Charlie did say it wasn't good enough for bear! I kind of agree...

I saw the show and the 222rem ammo ,but it looked to me as though he was loading and disguarding rim fire cases

plab

I know a guy down state who hunts deer with a rifle in 357 Mag. He has killed deer with it to include one really big buck. His property limits him to about 30-40 yards max distance for shooting. I killed 2 deer with a .44 Mag pistol. Looks like I need to try out the .357 Mag now.

You can get around 1700fps with a 158gr XTP bullet with max load. I would think that would take a deer out to 50+ yds with good shot placement.

Keith,

I am thinking bow range if I do it. Lots of time between now and next season.

Take care...

I once had a Marlin 1894 in 44-Special/44-mag. I loved that carbine. A buddy of mine has an older brother with a 1894 in 38/357-mag and its a hoot to shoot. Thirty-eight specials are like shooting pellets but I was impressed at how well 125-grain 357s stepped out there. This probably will get me some flack on a Savage forum, but try one - I'm sure you will like it too.

I've had 3 different .357 carbines over the years and have taken several deer with each. They kill just fine well beyond bow range. 125 yards is easy. You can get nearly 2000 fps out of a 158 grain bullet with a max load of Hodgdon Lil Gun.

You can kill a deer with a 22RFLR. I've done it several times using a spotlight. Way back in the day when I was still in high school. Wouldn't even try to do it now.

It sure as hell don't take head shots or a spotlight to kill deer with a .357 carbine. You should stick to comments on things you know something about rather than talking out your ass.

I didn't see the movie but the ammo they showed is meaningless. There is no way they'll have an actor put live ammo in a gun on the set and whatever he appears to pull out may not have fit. Steve McQueen's mare leg in whatever his TV show was in the 50's was a 44-40. They pretended it was a 45-70. As short as that rifle was it wouldn't have held but two 45-70's. He used to appear to blast away five or six times without reloading. There is no way it would have even held that many rounds of 44-40.
I don't know if I've mentioned this before but I worked in the Hollywood movie industry occasionally during the 1990's and early 2000's. Movies, etc., are all one big illusion with just enough reality to make it believable. The adage, "The best lie contains an element of truth" applies here.
Sorry for the digression. Some of the people I hunted with when I was a teenager talked about making a silencer on a 22 rimfire by putting a big wad of tape with a hole through it and taking taking deer out season. They said you couldn't hear the shot 50 feet away. They hunted at night with flashlights. Any kind of silencer was illegal at that time in Florida and of course they were breaking hunting laws too. We hunted with them during deer season but didn't participate in their other illegal activities. They were poor and needed the meat.

just to keep the popcorn flowing,
25 years ago i needed some metal and met a local welder. we hit it off as he had a martini cadet in 357 and i had one i 32/20- 310 cadet.
he has used that 357 every year since to get his elk. has an impressive wall of skulls with dead center between the eyes bullet holes.
he has a trail behind his shop the elk use as if under order. sits on a stool and head shoots at 25-35 yards.
22, 25,9mm whatever, even my matchlock will kill under the right conditions.

as David points out hollyweird is allusion . i worked there in the early 80's and 99.9% of "ammo" is multi caliber blank's

Just to lighten things up a bit - "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

So which would you rather have, Mr. McQueens Mare's Leg 92 or Mr. Conner's trick lever 92?

Float it over across the St Mary's river and I'll send you back a nice 99.

Some things just aren't worth responding to Steve. When someone's head is that far up his ass his eyes and ears are usually plugged with excrement anyway.

Good one George!
Hope you are well.

the movie industry called those blanks 5 in1. Don't know what that terminology signified but they had ones that worked in 44-40. I understand those blanks ruined a lot of Model 92's.

It's all good Rick. Life is good in TN. I miss my Savages but Elwood is taking good care of them until I get a safe installed in my basement. Merry Christmas!