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Primitive but good enough to zero up to 50-yards. Atop the monoblock is the rear sight, this offers a small U-notch and limited elevation and windage adjustment. 410 tube is Improved Cylinder bored judging by the patterns it throws, also to allow the use of slug ammo, which in terms of energy will equate to around a 38 +P or 357 Magnum pistol cartridge. The barrels are retained and stabilised at the muzzle by an angled Fig-8 clamp that also mounts a thick, fixed blade foresight. In its centre is a sprung steel V-plate configured in size for the cartridge rims.
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The extractor is also manual and consists of a long, polymer, U-shaped plate that fits around the sides of the monoblock, the sides are slotted to allow you to pull it back about 1⁄4” to start the process. As you might expect the action is extract-only with the empties being pulled clear by your fingers. Most unusual is the fact the barrels appear to be cast into the forend and the monobloc is high strength aluminium alloy. The forend is flat like a board and features an angled underside with deep finger grooves. As befits a US shotgun the comb is very low and places the head nicely for the iron sights – more of them later. The pistol grip is long and raked with cast-in grooves with texturing inbetween. The butt shows a 13.5 length of pull (LOP) with a thick rubber recoil pad. However, I’m a hulking 6ft 2” yet it fits surprisingly well and does not feel cramped. It is however tiny, as perhaps befits a youth model, with short 20” barrels and the slimmest stock I have ever seen. The furniture is a moulded polymer with the choice of black or black! As a flourish Savage have gone mad with the red line detail! Truth is for what is highly traditional design it looks rather good if a trifle hi-tech. Obviously the LR chambering will also accept Short and Long cartridges too. You have two options either 22 LR or 22 WMR rifled barrels but in both cases a. When compared to the impressive choice of calibres and model options of the old M24 the new M42 is far more Spartan in both looks, materials and options. They say: “it is our most important task in ensuring that our shooting and hunting traditions remain intact.” You’ll get no arguments from me on that one! The YSSA site provides a directory for youth shooting sports programs across the country. Called The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) it introduces young people to the pleasures and responsibilities of shooting. The Americans even have a group that administers this. This is an area where many US manufacturers concentrate on as if you catch them at the right age they will be shooters forever. The gun that turned up was a far cry from the wood and blued Model 24 and if anything was surprisingly small making me think it was aimed at the youth market in the USA. I have seen Model 24s before and have to say they are quite nice, but surprising was the information from importers Edgar Brothers Ltd, that Savage have once again re-thought the combo gun concept with their new Model 42. I think I’d go with a 20-gauge/223 Rem if I was shopping in that area, as I could also include rifled slug to give me a bigger game capacity. YOUTH MARKETįrom a utilitarian view point a combination gun in the right calibres can be a useful, do-it-all game getter. As can be seen Savage made the most of the Model 24 and production lasted for 60-years - 1950 to 2010.
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Plus a camo/ synthetic turkey gun (Model 24 F) with three interchangeable choke tubes, a survival gun with an integral compass and on-gun storage along the light and compact 20” Camper’s Companion. There was even a deluxe version with a case-hardened action, good walnut furniture and a scope rail along with the standard iron sights. The rifle featured 24” barrels and both wood and synthetic stock options along with an external, selectable firing pin hammer and top lever opening system.
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This was back in 1938 and as well as its sporting use the US Army Air Force ordered 1500 with synthetic (Tenite) stocks as aircrew survival rifles.īy 1950 Stevens had discontinued the 22-410, but it was picked up by Savage Arms and revamped and packaged as the Model 24 in a surprising number of calibres. I suppose these days we tend to associate combination (shotgun/rifle) guns with the European market and not with the USA! However there’s a notable exception the Savage Model 24, which was an outgrowth of the original Stevens 22-410, which took the form of a traditional looking break-barrel, over & under (O/U) shotgun layout with the top tube in 22 LR and the lower in.