Talk me into or out of a .22/shotgun combo

Kevan said:
To each their own, thats not enough hate for me to want to part with my old 24.
It has served me well and continues to do so..
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Had one and a while back, ;)gave it to young son in Horsefly. Still have a combo gun but this one is a Brno ZH-304, 7x57R/12ga. Have an additional set of 12ga./12ga. barrels as well.



Great for here on the 'wet coast', walking the old skid roads in the river bottem areas on rainy windy days when you're just as likely to run into a;) monster Island Blacktail as you are a quick breaking Ruff Grouse.
 
plmnkoqaz said:
Thinking about an all around gun for the cottage and started thinking that a break action 22/ shotgun would make a nice hand gun for critters and maybe teaching the kids to shoot. Brands? 22/.410 vs 20 vs 12. Would like to keep it as value oriented as possible.
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You'd be better off just buying a single shot 20ga and 22LR. A 22LR/20ga combo gun isn't as versatile as you think and may be a bit complicated for teaching kids to shoot.
 
I have owned a few Savage combos. Two had serious problems with barrel regulation, shotgun and rifle barrels shot to very different points - enough to miss with the entire shotgun pattern if using the rifle sights. Another one was reasonably well regulated, but gun fit and handling were very poor for me. I currently own 4 high end European combos that are satisfactory in every way ( Heym, Merkel, Sauer & Krieghoff) but they cost 10x what a Savage does.
 
How about Baikal combo firearms?
They come in .223 over 12GA, 22WMR over 20GA, and many others...
Anyone that owns one or has experience with it?
 
I had one of the bails in .22/410. The gun itself worked well and it came with 3 choke tubes for the 410 barrel, although the IC and mod chokes were of dubious value in the 410 which throws such a small amount to of shot. And hence my beef with the otherwise great gun. At the close ranges the 410 would give a useful pattern to, say 25 to 30 yards, why not just use the 22 barrel?? But I think one in 20 g or 12 g would be much more use able. YMMV.
 
Simply you need either/or!
Hunting rules are much more different here in Canada than in Europe where people use combination guns,mostly sxs shotgun and rifled bore under.
This is my opinion and i love to hunt small game. Combo .22/410 are,you have both but none in whole.
In case you want nice .22 nothing beats small scoped 10/22 or some nice bolt and in 410,28 in SxS or O/U version.
With combo you cant scope it to use .22 properly and in shotgun version it is not even half nice as regular shotgun feeling no mather what are you preferences,semi,pump,SxS or over and under...again my opinion and not saying there is anything wrong with combo guns but i never find some great use to them other than having grouse gun on ATV...
 
I had a Savage M24 in .22 LR over 20 gauge. It came with a high comb stock suitable for a scope sight for the .22. When using the 20 gauge that high comb would just about tear my cheek off. It was almost unusable. Plus if the scope was mounted the 20 could not really be used as a shotgun should be. The trigger was the worst I've had on any gun I owned. After it was worked on by a smith it still pulled at 9 lbs.

Imagine what it was before the work was done.

My very first gun back in 1948 was a Stevens .22 LR over .410 with a Tenite (I think) stock. Talk about being ahead of the curve for a synthetic stock. The trigger on that one was, I thought, good. Given that I was only 12 years old how would I have known. The .410 was only good for ground strafing partridge. Never learned to hit ducks until after I got a bigger bore shotgun.

IMO will never own one again and would never recommend one to anyone else. YMMV.

Jim
 
I have used my old Savage 24H-DL for nearly 50 years for "chicken huntin'". .22/20ga. When out in the stubble, I use LR solids and whatever 20 comes out of the old candy tin I use for an ammo box. I have made some decent long shots on sitting Prairie Chicken with the open sights. In heavy bush, I've started using shorts.

The old thing has smoked many a skunk over the years, too. I have put it to use in a good gopher field as well.

I guess I don't get out enough to notice that it wasn't "accurate", or any of the other dislikes expressed here. I've never tried to get too fancy with it. It kicks hard with 3", though, so I don't use the shotgun barrel very much. I bought it new in '66 or '67 for $120. Over half my month's wages! I lucked out about three years ago and managed to buy a DL in .22 mag/20ga. The two are nearly identical looking. :)
 
I have a rossi youth combo .22LR/.410 (interchangeable barrels) and I love it. Light, small...single-shot break open action works well. Taken many grouses with it and will keep it for a LONG time. I hate the plastic stock, working on making a wood stock for it with some help from a woodworker friend of mine.
 
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