
410, 20-guage, and the ever-popular 12-gauge. The chamberings themselves produced a myriad of options including rifle calibers in not only 22 S/L/LR, but also 22 WMR. Savage over time improved the on-frame barrel selector and moved it to the hammer to make it more reliable, dropped the tenite moldings in favor of uncheckered walnut, and added other chamberings. The double gun was a handy 41-inches overall and 7-pounds flat. 410 would take up to 3″shells and had a full choke. 22 barrel would accept S, L and LR rimfire rounds and the same length. Taking the Stevens combo gun, Savage retained the concept of a standing breech, break open rifle over shotgun combination gun, which utilized a rebounding hammer and rear pushing extractors. 50-grain V-Max cartridges had muzzle velocity of 3104 fps and muzzle energy of 1070 foot-pounds and had an average five-shot group size of 1.6. The same year the Stevens 22-410 went out of production, the Savage 24 was introduced. To pattern the Savage Model 24V, we used Remington 234-inch 20-gauge shotshells filled with 78 ounce of No. Savage had been (and still is) the parent company of Stevens since 1920, making it easy to see the import of the Savage 24’s concept.

In 1950, the gun went out of production with Stevens. The Army Air force ordered 15,000 of them for use as aircrew survival rifles with a Tenite (an early thermoplastic) stock. Stevens put the handy little marvel into production in 1938 with the appropriate moniker of the Model 22-410. 22 rimfire rifle barrel with a single sight, hammer, and trigger. 17 HMR/20 Ga - Maximum Quantity: 2 Mouse over image above to zoom any area, or click on image to zoom the entire image. 22 LR/.410 later picked up a big game version with a centerfire rifle cartridge and a larger shotgun bore.This firm came about with a combination gun with a smoothbore. Many who started out with the small game version in. That made the Savage Model 24 the ultimate gun for this kind of “woods foraging.” It was the first gun for thousands of kids, but adults discovered its merits and took to this gun in droves as well. Most Baby Boomers who hunted went after small game, and rabbits, upland birds, and squirrels were all part of the potential bag. Things were a lot less specialized back then, and often “hunting” meant any legal game you came across when you were out and about. This was the perfect configuration for small-game hunting.


308 Win, but without a doubt the most common combination was a. 30-30 Winchester, and with 20 and 12 gauge shotgun barrels. But Savage also chambered it for centerfire cartridges, ranging from.
