Savage 24v value

I'll give you $500.

I'm somewhat of a fan of these guns, but hardly an expert. What calibres is your 24V? Do you have any idea what year it was made? Where is the release to break open the barrel? (It was moved to in front of the trigger guard circa 1980). Does it have a wood stock?

Over the past 5 years, I have seen a number .223/20 GA come up for sale in the 700-1000 range, who knows what they sell for. Blue Book says $700 USD in 100% condition with the usual Blue Book caveats. I'd just say that calibre seems to be more common than the others. That price range sounds about right for a niche firearm such as this, but if you had a really nice condition one in a rare calibre (.357 MAG/20 GA) you could ask higher, but it might take longer to find a buyer.

TPS Arms makes an updated version of this type of firearm (it's an M6 copy) that is gaining a lot of traction and I believe, that's affecting the value of some of these O/Us. You can buy a brand new .357 MAG/.410 for $660 USD and in Canada from iRunguns.

Anyways, that's my two cents. Hope it helps.
 
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The only Savage combo gun I've see with the barrels regulated is my old 24 .22/.410 the 30-30/20ga 's were a nightmare for regulation
 
struff55 said:
The only thing the blue book does is put money in the publishing company pockets not relevant in Canada
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Respectfully, this isn't a helpful take, but thanks for sharing it.

Where should someone assess values on used firearms? Why is blue book bad? If you're new to the world of gun buying and selling, what's a good starting point?
 
I sell every one I put on the table at shows. I've owned a 24H-DL in 22/20ga since around 1967. Shot a good number of bush partridge (ruffed grouse to the purists), prairie chicken, and the odd Hungarian. I've never noticed the "regulation" problem, seeing as the top barrel is .22 and the bottom one is a shotgun. Possibly a problem when using slugs, but I've never fired slugs out of it.

I wouldn't pay $1100 for an ordinary one, but, if I was a collector, and the gun was, say, 357 maximum/20 or 12, the maybe.
I have one that is 30-30/20ga. It is like new, and would make a good gun for the woods.
 
I am very much like kjohn - not likely to pay that sort of price unless I REALLY wanted that version. I did want a "Camper Special" version - 20" barrels, a sliding hinged metal plate that covers cartridge storage in the butt. As result of multiple trades over two years - 2013 to 2015 - I did finally get one - so $487 all in after mailing costs for the initial 7x57 that I purchased, then mailed that one off in trade for a 20 gauge Stoeger coach gun, then mailed that one off in trade for the 24C.

I dismantled that 24C, removed the guts from the receiver and drilled and tapped to install a Lyman 53D aperture sight - apparently that 53D was made for that receiver. That sight works excellent for old eyes with the front sight for the .22 barrel. I did "screw up" something subtle on re-assembly - is much more "finicky" about releasing the action to hinge open than it was as received. - It will be something very minor to re-fit / re-assemble - one of those things that I never did get back to doing ...
 
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Time and prices certainly do move on!! My notes from the time, show that a new Stoeger 20 gauge Coach shotgun - in a LeBarons catalogue - was 469.94 about Aug-2014 - so with GST and Manitoba PST would have been $531 plus shipping. Was what I traded for that 24C, but of course my Stoeger was not "new". That Lyman 53D was an additional $60 on CGN in 2016.

I just found them listed in an S.I.R. catalogue dated 1988-89. Model 24 $282.89 (.22 over 20 gauge or .410), Model 24-C $328.49 (.22 over 20 gauge) and Model 24-V $429.29 (223 Rem, 222 Rem or 30/30 over 20 gauge). Page 45.
 
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Lotro said:
Respectfully, this isn't a helpful take, but thanks for sharing it.

Where should someone assess values on used firearms? Why is blue book bad? If you're new to the world of gun buying and selling, what's a good starting point?
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The Blue Book is based off the US market. Apples to Pomegranates. Their market is much larger and their collector tastes drive the prices into different territory than we see here. It's interesting, but doesn't add much more than anecdotal information to the discussion.
 
Raton57 said:
I bought mine for less then $200 so find it hard to pay any more for them now.
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That's like me and Post 64 Winchester Model 94s. People are paying the same kind of money for a Post 64 that a Pre 64 fetched just 5 or so years ago. Anything over about $300 makes me start to think that the seller (or purchaser) should be doing some sobriety tests. But they seem to sell, so...
 
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BigUglyMan said:
The Blue Book is based off the US market. Apples to Pomegranates. Their market is much larger and their collector tastes drive the prices into different territory than we see here. It's interesting, but doesn't add much more than anecdotal information to the discussion.
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Ok, so, to paraphrase: Blue Book is bad because it's based on the US Market which is vastly different from ours. I'll buy that, but what's a good way to assess values in Canada?

I'm bored with "that's bad" takes without offering an actual alternative. It's super easy to say something is bad, it doesn't answer anyone's question or help further the conversation.

IMHO Blue Book isn't a bad place to start a conversation about pricing. Ultimately, it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Understanding values is hard when you're buying or selling used in Canada, and newbies like me come here for help and get the evergreen comment "Blue Book Sucks" which so unbelieveably unhelpful and uninteresting it's hardly worth the time to type it!

It's probably not worth my time to keep calling people out on it either though, but I just want to see helpful discussions instead of drive-by smearings.
 
The Blue book's biggest value to me is in listing what guns are more desirable, how many of a certain model were made, years produced, etc. This info is important to buyers and sellers but as previously stated the values listed in it are seldom aligned with the Canadian market.
 
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