I really like the combination rifle/shotguns. I have three of them. An earlier Stevens 22-410, a Savage model 24 and a Savage model 42. There is the play on numbers. Today I took the two Savages out to shoot some .22s out of them. The model 24 and the model 42.
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I have never shot either of these guns. I have carried them out in the pasture/woods, looking for squirrels with the .410 barrel. I haven't seen any squirrels while carrying these guns. The Walnut and blued and case hardened model 24 always appealed to me. The Stevens isn't bad either. The only appeal of the 42 is the fact that if it gets dinged up, who cares. It's polymer stock and unjoined barrels just don't have the same looks as it's predesessors.
It started to rain before pictures of the results could be taken. I wanted to get the model 24 in before it got wet.
As is usually the case, a used gun usually is sighted in for my eyes from the previous owner. The model 24 was no exception. At 50 yards rested on my shooting bag, it shot where I aimed. One shot in the center of a 3" hand drawn square and two shots at 6:00 o'clock, right where I held. The bottom two were touching.
The model 42 shot high and looked like it needed a small allen wrench, which I didn't have with me. A bit of Kentucky windage brought a group of three down almost to where they needed to be, but they were 1.5 inches apart. About what I expected.
I was glad to get a few minutes to shoot these two today. Next time I'll take a few shots with the .410s.
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