X-ray Dave:

I have had 12 gauge and decided a long time ago, even when I was young and the body could take the recoil, that what I got in a performance edge from the 12 gauge was not worth it.

Besides, this is going to be primarily a long term storage item which will see little use except for occasional target and informal trap shooting and subsequent cleaning.

Here in Wisconsin, the little Savage 24 is a very popular rabbit & pheasant gun and a lot of fathers buy them for their children. You very rarely see one for sale as a used gun so the law of supply & demand prevails no matter what the used gun catalogs say.

I used to practice trap shooting with my old 24 and the sight assembly on the .22 barrel really threw me off a lot because I never shot as well with the 24 as I did with my Sears 20 gauge pump shotgun.

Bountyhunter