The little gun will shoot 1.75” groups at 100 yards with the hornady vmax 22mag loads. I don’t think I would ever cut down an original 24 inch barrel. But the combo puts slugs very far above the 22mag poi. It’s a great little gun if you want a small package. I found and had new front sight and rear peep attached to the receiver and the shotgun barrel reamed/tapped for choke tubes. They had cut it down and apparently lost interest.
I have a 24DL that was cut down to about 18.25” by the previous owner. Re: Should I cut my Savage 24 DL down from 24"? I think you will be ahead in the end if you ever decide to get rid of the gun in the future. Like others have said, it is your rifle and do what you want for sure, BUT I would consider selling it "original" to someone who will pay you what they are selling for these days and put the $ back in to a 24-C for its shorter barrels. IIRC, the 24-DL's barrels are soldered together possibly creating other issues AND you have to reattach the front sight. Where I do agree with some of the others is not cutting your barrels, mostly for collector value to others. It was certainly a nice gun but I did not need two so I sold it to a friend and kept the 24-C! Neither are going to be your most accurate rimfire! The 22Mag, while a little more potent than the 22LR, was no more accurate than the 22LR and just costs more to shoot and is louder. I did have a "blued" 24-DL in 22Mag/20g that I liked but found it a little more "clunky" than the 24-C. 22LR is cheap and does not tear up grouse, etc. point and shoot! The barrel is still grooved for a scope and is plenty accurate for 50-75 yard use. great for a 4-wheeler, back of truck, or back of airplane! Throw a slug or buck in it and defend your house. I have the 24 Camper carbine and love it just because of its "handiness" in the short package. Good luck with whatever decision you make.Īgree w/ some of the comments here, disagree w/ others.
SAVAGE MODEL 24 DL FULL
I would highly recommend that you handle a 24 Camper with the 20 inch before making such a decision.Īs far as choking in the shotgun barrels, if you were to go to and go to the photo gallery section of savage catalogs I have there which were put up on that site by Cas6969 from here, you will find in the detailed specs there that every Savage 24 other than the camper models were choked full while all the Camper models were cylinder bore.Īgain, they aren't making them anymore and the "DL" models are getting harder and harder to find, hence increasing value. I'm also inclined to agree with 260Remguy in that I like the way the gun with a 24 inch barrels handles versus the Camper model with 20 inch barrels. This, for a gun that sold for $68.50 as per a Savage add I have from 1967. Here is a pair of 1967 24J "DL"s that I've been offered more than $500 for, even the one that isn't completely original due to the aftermarket steel triggerguard and recoil pad and I've just laughed at the offers because the value will always keep going up. 24 "DL"s in good condition sell for upwards of over $500. And the "DL"s are the most desirable of the bunch in the rimfire arena. First off, they aren't making them anymore. I would seriously think twice about doing this. The Savage factory made it right to start with. That makes it lighter than it was with the scope, better balanced, usable with both barrels, increased sighting radius, retain the choke in the shotgun barrel and don't screw up the resale value with a barrel butcher, save the money to make a sows ear out of an existing silk purse. Get a Williams peep sight on it and gain 6.5" in the sighting radius. 22 Magnum isn't a long range cartridge in the first place, so if you want the gun to lose some weight here is what you do: Remove the scope and the rear iron sight. I had a scope on mine for a time and it made the shotgun barrel nearly worthless. I think that I remember that the camper specials didn't have much choke in them and were shorter, but I sure wouldn't trade or try to make my DL into one. I had a 20 gauge pump cut down once and that straight cylinder bore made the thing nearly useless until I fixed it with a Polychoke. First off, unless your M24 is different than mine, there is some choke construction in the end of the barrel likely around modified. 22 Mag./3" 20 gauge M24H-DL and if there is a more practical walking around rambling rifle, I've yet to find it.
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