i've never looked critically at the design of the 2 guns so the comparison is seat of the pants but after my dad got a model 37 410 it just struck me that the model 24 was nothing but a double-wide model 37. the 37 is not some paragon of gun design. i haven't figured out how the 37 can be revered as it seems to be by so many (judging by the prices) and the 24 so despised. i've long suspected it was because the 24 was held up to the 21 whereas the 37 couldn't be compared to a superior winchester single shot because there wasn't one.
ugly in a gun doesn't bother me if it works like it's supposed to. have not owned a 24 but the ones i've handled seemed to have very useable dimensions and good balance. the extractors seem awfully dinky and is the thing i dislike most but apparently they did in fact work and should be the equal of most any break open single shot in that regard.
roger
