They made a campers model that came in a floating take down case with shorterīarrels - had storeage in buttstock - neat idea.Ĭhoate's I think it was made a folding stock for 'em a long time ago and that was also very nice - other companies made other versions same combo gun idea - friend had I think it was called a "bronco" crude but worked ok. Once you get yourself trained you don't have the issue too To avoid the dreaded I blew my supper to bits, you need to train to always lever the hammer selector in one position then when you cock it to fire select (or not) the barrel before pulling the trigger and then recock the hammer and change the selector back Rear buttstock and you can store half a dozen 20 ga and a tube with 22 ammo. I mounted peep sight on mine and that works well - also consider a cuff for Mine has hammer selector for upper or lower again works well for right or lefty
My gun has the opening lever over the pistol grip works well for right or lefty I'd love to find a 357 magnum or 30-30 but prices are up quite high now says my wallet. (most of the noise is impact or hammer strike) With my longer barrel I use 22 standard velocity shorts as silent pest eliminators my snakecharmer is about the best use of that round IMHOĢ0 gauge with high brass 3" or slug's get your attention but not enough to bother me. Never seen a 25/20 version of Savage 24 - could be a dandy cast boolit woods gun though. the smaller frame is much handier to carry in the woods IMHOĢ2LR, 22 Mag RF, 22 Hornet, 222, 223, 30-30, 357 mag Two frame sizes the smaller (410 & 20 ga) and larger 12ga Or you'll have a lovely scar over your eyebrow! Love my 22lr over 20 ga - if you put a scope on it watch out for shooting 20 ga Obviously, the 12 gauge 3-inch chamber/.30-30 was the most competent as far as a game gun was concerned, but the 20 gauge/. Some of the later models came with interchange-able choke tubes. Suffice to say that it was offered in various combinations of 12, 20 and.
410 shotgun,but over the 60-plus years it was in production, the gun went through so many permutations of gauge/caliber, mechanics and cosmetics that we couldn’t possibly list them all here.
Introduced in 1939, the 24 was originally a. Here, combination guns have never really caught on, but there has been one exception the Savage Model 24. Typically, these guns are very expensive and highly embellished. Some of the more popular gauge/caliber combinations are 12 or 16 gauges over a. Though there’s nothing to prevent scoping a combination gun or drilling, using iron sights is de rigueur. Furthermore, long-range shooting is not as common as it is here in the States.
In either case, such guns are fairly common over there because Spanish Monterias and driven hunts are popular, and where anything hooved, furred or feathered is fair game, the versatility of having the instant selection of bullet or shot is valued by European hunters-especially professional gamekeepers. Combination guns are usually over/unders, but drillings are also popular-most of which consist of a side-by-side shotgun with a rifle barrel centered beneath. It has a lot to do with tradition, as well as hunt-ing methods. The combination rifle/shotgun has always been popular in Europe, but not so much here.