Some versions had an opening lever of the side of the action ILO the top, and after about 1980 had a button in front of the trigger guard as the opening lever.Ī few years later, Savage expanded the Model 24 line even more with variations like the Camper (short bbls w/cartridge storage buttstock) and centerfire rifle bbls.Īll the Model 24 variations had their own Model 24 designations, like 24B-DL, 24P, 24S, 24MS, 24DL, 24MDL, 24FG, 2424F, 24V, 24D, 24C, 24CS, 24VS - until the Model 24 was eventually discontinued in 1990. 410, and between "standard" models and "Deluxe" versions with pickled receivers & Monte Carlo buttstocks - the Tenite stocks by now a distant memory.Īround 1968 (IIRC) Savage had so many repair requests for the sliding barrel selector on the side of the action, that they moved the selector to the top of the hammer. There seems to be a revival of interest in economical,American made, side-by-side shotguns, particularly those manufactured prior tothe Second World War. Fox Sterlingworth, Lefever Nitro Special, Parker Trojan, Savage/Fox Model B and Winchester Model 24. 22 Magnum, in their Model 24.Ī few years later, the Model 24 lineup was expanded to include not only the choice between. American Side-by-Side Economy Shotguns: A.H. In 1959, Savage was the first firearms manufacturer to chamber for the then-new. The configuration was first introduced by Savage/Stevens as the Stevens Model 22-410, offered with either walnut or Tenite (plastic) stocks.Īfter WWII, Savage designated it as the Model 24, in. I've had about a dozen Model 24's over the years since the mid-60's, with just about every one of them the perfect "woods-loafing" long gun.
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