A real "thinker" that wouldn't cost a lot extra to offer is a shoot through scope mount/rail that allows use of the stock sights with a scope mounted. It doesn't need rails all over it, but a detachable scope rail would be nice as a stock feature. Stainless steel receiver and finish on barrels A decent mid-quality gun with heavy duty parts. So maybe one day soon some gun company will have the idea to make a combo gun or two in their line. I suspect most of these folks are buying these guns to shoot, not to invest in. It might not be for everybody, but based on the crazy high prices I've seen on the gun auction sites for some of these guns, they are quite popular and people are willing to pay high prices for excellent condition guns. Different situations would allow use of different barrels and calibers. The key point is, one could have a lightweight, take apart gun with two barrels that would allow the use of 4 different kinds of ammo: a. It's significanly heavier in weight than the smaller receiver used in 20 gauge guns, and given preferences at this time in my life in a plinking gun, I'd go for the lighter in weight as well as recoil 20 gauge. 20 gauge, since the larger receiver used with 12 gauge guns can handle the pressure of smaller shells but not vice-versa. The larger 12 gauge receiver used in the Savage 24 line could have combinations with both the.
The lighter weight 20 gauge receiver could be paired up with one of several popular calibers, or the rifle caliber could be paired with a smaller. Billy Ray and I used to discuss this in depth when we were shooting my two Contenders A LOT back in the mid-80's.Īnd it's a logical progression that a combo gun like the Savage 24 that already breaks apart at the receiver/barrel juncture is a prime candidate for having replaceable barrels with different calibers. I have thought for years, every now and then and then recently about the great design of the Thompson Contender, and how it was a shame that the company had never branched into either a double barreled weapon with interchangeable barrels/calibers. I want to revisit the third question and discussion from above. 223 and a shotgun shell in either 20 or 12 gauge) out of one gun makes this combination versatile indeed. I'm guessing Remington and Savage discontinued these combo gun models due to poor sales, but it would seem if a mid-quality gun were made in this one configuration that enough outdoors enthusiasts might buy it to provide a profitable line for a rifle making company. In terms of a multi-purpose camping and fishing and outdoors gun, having three potential calibers to shoot (.22 Long Rifle. 22 long rifle shell with the use of a cartridge adapter. 223 size has the advantage of being able to chamber a.
223/12 gauge would be the way to go. That's two of the most popular calibers in America and although.30-30 is up there and might even be more popular than. It's an idea whose time has come, and I'll elaborate on that in a moment.įourth, if there had to be just one combo gun made for marketing and sales reasons, I would think a take apart travel gun would be the one to make, as the kind of person who would be interested in a combination gun to begin with would often be the kind of outdoorsman or fisherman like myself who would take such a firearm on fishing expeditions. 223/20 if you, like me, prefer the lighter weight 20 gauge gun frame/receiver over the heavier one used with the 12 gauge model of the Savage 24 series. Since many of the variants of the Savage Model 24 can be taken apart at the barrel-receiver junture into two pieces, it begs common sense as to why no company ever sold a combination gun where you could switch barrels. Third, why has no company marketed the Savage 24 equivolent to the legendary Thompson Contender pistol with interchangeable barrels? By this I mean that the same receiver could be used for different barrel combinations. Something more than the basic entry-level version of combo guns that Savage made for years. I'm sure there are people who could afford some over the top engraved and otherwise accurized custom shop versions of these guns, but I'd want an intermediate grade gun made of stainless steel with a nice stock. Surely this could be rectified through design and modern technology. Second, why are there no intermediate or custom shop copies of these guns being made, instead of the basic lower grade quality that most of these rifles exhibit? A common complaint with the Savage 24 and other combo guns is based upon inadequate design of the way the rifle barrel is mounted, accuracy suffers. Why are none of the companies continuing to make this great idea for a firearm?
There are questions that I have about combination rifle/shotguns and the fact that none are currently being manufactured or even made elsewhere and sold in America.
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