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The Savage Model 24 in 22/410 gauge is still one of the best small game gun around.
Savage Model 42
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Waay too many people worry about how they look, INSTEAD of how well they are regulated! I've had 4 or 5 24's and not one was "properly" regulated! I don't care how good they "look", if i have to aim over there to hit over here, it's no good to me!
I've looked at the new models, they do look cheap, but are they regulated properly??? Only time will tell that, if they are regulated like the 24's, i have no use for one at all!
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I've looked at the new models, they do look cheap, but are they regulated properly??? Only time will tell that, if they are regulated like the 24's, i have no use for one at all!
DM
The barrels were NOT regulated to the same point of aim/ point of impact on my Savage 42 but the fix was easy enough.
The shotgun barrel was spot on with the factory regulated sights and the .22 barrel hit way too high at the same distance.
The fix was to deepen the rear sight notch until I brought the .22 barrel into regulation with the front sight aligned to the bottom of the sight notch.
I set my sights to poa/poi at 35 Meters since this distance is about maximum for the .410 and with the factory setting of the sights, the .410 center patterned well from 5 yards to that golden 35 meters.
You can set the rimfire sight notch depth to any distance desired by the old tried and true shoot and file method but I long ago learned a .22 regulated to 35 meters and accurate enough will keep all shots within a squirrels body cavity from 10 yards to 60 yards which is about as far out as I am willing to shoot with iron sights.
Now I simply align the front sight to the top of the rear sight notch for the shot barrel and settle the front "Bead" into the bottom of the rear sight notch when shooting the rimfire barrel.
A simple and easy fix.
The shotgun barrel was spot on with the factory regulated sights and the .22 barrel hit way too high at the same distance.
The fix was to deepen the rear sight notch until I brought the .22 barrel into regulation with the front sight aligned to the bottom of the sight notch.
I set my sights to poa/poi at 35 Meters since this distance is about maximum for the .410 and with the factory setting of the sights, the .410 center patterned well from 5 yards to that golden 35 meters.
You can set the rimfire sight notch depth to any distance desired by the old tried and true shoot and file method but I long ago learned a .22 regulated to 35 meters and accurate enough will keep all shots within a squirrels body cavity from 10 yards to 60 yards which is about as far out as I am willing to shoot with iron sights.
Now I simply align the front sight to the top of the rear sight notch for the shot barrel and settle the front "Bead" into the bottom of the rear sight notch when shooting the rimfire barrel.
A simple and easy fix.
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I had an old 24 growing up. While I have fond memories of it, I do remember it not being a tack driver and the trigger was remarkably bad. As someone mentioned before, these were low budget utility guns and were not highly valued in the day. I remember these being routinely $100 guns at gun shows and were trade material often. 25 years ago or so I traded mine off for a Swedish 94 Carbine and now have wished I had kept the 24 for its utility value. Actually, I wish more I had kept the 94.
While looking for a 24 at the gun show today in Houston, everything was around $500 and one was $750. Absolutely fricking ridiculous prices for something I do not think comes close to those used prices. I was thinking I would buy at $200-$250 max.
Saw the Savage 42 in both 22 mag and 22lr with .410 and snapped up the 22 lr version for $350.
Got it home and started messing with it messing with it and have come to the following conclusions:
1. It is lighter and handier than I remember the 24 ever being.
2. Trigger is much better.
3. The mechanism is more basic than the 24, which in itself is not a bad thing for a survival type gun, but the quality is definitely less as well as the fit and finish of the action.
4. The sights are complete crap and in my opinion Savage should recall all of the 42's and provide basic steel sites at least like the 24 used to have to avoid a massive class action lawsuit for the biggest POS gun site engineering mistake in the history of firearms.
I am going to come up with a solution for the sites and then start putting this thing through the paces and see what it can do.
While looking for a 24 at the gun show today in Houston, everything was around $500 and one was $750. Absolutely fricking ridiculous prices for something I do not think comes close to those used prices. I was thinking I would buy at $200-$250 max.
Saw the Savage 42 in both 22 mag and 22lr with .410 and snapped up the 22 lr version for $350.
Got it home and started messing with it messing with it and have come to the following conclusions:
1. It is lighter and handier than I remember the 24 ever being.
2. Trigger is much better.
3. The mechanism is more basic than the 24, which in itself is not a bad thing for a survival type gun, but the quality is definitely less as well as the fit and finish of the action.
4. The sights are complete crap and in my opinion Savage should recall all of the 42's and provide basic steel sites at least like the 24 used to have to avoid a massive class action lawsuit for the biggest POS gun site engineering mistake in the history of firearms.
I am going to come up with a solution for the sites and then start putting this thing through the paces and see what it can do.
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