Thats the one, it was my grandfather's. Dad put a shotgun scope on ours, I
don't like the scope at all. I didn't know about the peep sight, I think I'll
snag one...
-Curt
On Thursday, November 29, 2018, 2:43:48 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
That is a Savage Model 24. They are indeed the harvester. If you can
find a Lyman Model 53D peep sight, the accuracy is phenomenal for open
sights. It does not interfere with using it as a shotgun.
Unfortunately it is no longer in production. 22 mag/20 was quite
popular. See Savage24.com
> Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> November 29, 2018 at 11:11 AM
>
> Dad has a break action .22/.410 depending on the barrel. They're both
> quite useful but the .410 has shot a lot of squirrels, porcupines,
> rabbits, partridge, etc. We call it the "Harvester". His is a youth
> model so its very small, came with a cloth sleeve it carries in,
> broken down in the case its probably 18"x5"x3", maybe 3#. They make
> some other barrels, if you swapped out the .22 for a .44mag you'd be
> good for deer sized game as long as you kept the range down to 100
> yards or less. The .410 should be good for that too but it doesn't
> have sights...
>
> -Curt
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