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Savage combination guns?? Anyone know...

slasher2019slasher2019 Member Posts: 4 ✭✭
edited March 2008 in Ask the Experts
Does anyone know how the Savage model rifle-shotgun combos shoot (accuracy)?
I am looking at buying a .223-12gauge o/u, but I prefer a Baikal.
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    had 2 22/410 that both shot good.
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    very use fulguns,had the 222/20g & 22/410 but on the down side , only one shot so ya gotta be real good,hammer can fail.. a bit heavy too....check for parts as they getting rare [;)], but you maybe ok, in the states.
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  • firechieffirechief Member Posts: 605 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had the 223/12 combo and it was very accurate.
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  • 22hipower22hipower Member Posts: 619 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Savage 24V in 223/12 Gauge and the 223 barrel is very accurate; 1 inch at 100 yards consistently. Also had a 222/20 Gauge and the 222 barrel was about that good too. If you can find one at a reasonable price I think you'll be very happy with it. Use mine for turkeys and coyotes. Also have a Baikal in 6.5X55 and 12 Gauge. The rifle barrel is reasonably accurate but not as good as the Savage. The shotgun barrel is a little off from the rifle barrel; maybe six inches left at 50 yards but buckshot is centered well enough at shotgun ranges. The Baikal is built like a tank, and weighs in like one too. Unless you want a caliber heavier than the 223 I'd go with the Savage.
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  • MrGunz22MrGunz22 Member Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why are the used Savage 24's so expensive. Most look pretty beat up but still auction for around $350. The book value is more like $175[?]
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  • PA ShootistPA Shootist Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had one Savage 24V in .222 remington that was very inaccurate. At one time the top barrel (the .222 in this case) was attached at the front with a metal piece that allowed the top barrel to rather easily twist and move about the bottom barrel. Mine was one of those (early '70's if I remember correctly. I didn't keep it, it wouldn't group inside 6" at 100 yards with any loads or techniques tried, and was often much worse. I previously had owned an old tenite-stocked Stevens .22-.410 that had both barrels soldered together full length. That one was very accurate. I now have a "D" series 24V with a .22 Hornet top barrel and 20 gauge bottom. It has a solid-enough barrel attachment at both front and rear that it seems quite accurate for 5 shots, and holds zero well. If I remember correctly, I bought it about 20 years ago.
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  • MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buy a Savage anyday over the Russian junk. The used market on the Savage's took off around here in upstate NY because of the influx of the coyote population. Also you cant gt these anymore in wood by Savage and the Baikal isnt the quality and doesnt shoot nearly as well as the Savage's .
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a 22/410 model 24 that I bought when I was 13, still got it and it still shoots great, killed alot of ruffled and blue grouse. I was 13 in 1962.
    For what it's worth.
    W.D.
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