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Sidelock
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Win model 24 ugly and has worst trigger placement and design ever
True: But worse than a Belgian clunker from the pre=war period? These wern't exactly shining stars in Winchesters lineup but I've never seen one that was shot loose and a danger to its owner like the junk that came out of Belgium at that time. Jim
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Sidelock
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I just handled a model 24 for the first time a week ago, and they sure are an odd bird. That action is so WIDE.
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Sidelock
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El Faisan. No contest, IMO. I don't think I could have made a gun with triggers that hard if I had set out to.
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Them Baikals weren't nothin' to write home about.
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Sidelock
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If you had some of the worst Belgian clunkers, you'd be begging for a Win 24, IMO.
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Sidelock
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Hands down the worst side-by-side ever is the Winchester Model 24.
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Sidelock
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If you had some of the worst Belgian clunkers, you'd be begging for a Win 24, IMO. I couldn't agree more. The 24 might not be the best but it certainly shouldn't be listed along with the clunkers. I have a 24 and use it as a loaner. Even if it's a 24 at least you are sighting down two barrels that won't blow up in your face.
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Sidelock
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And the 24 is stocked to the fences...uh, if it had fences.
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The 24 are not perfect by any means, but they point and handle well, especially in 16 and 20 gauge. Theirs "issues" can be dealt with. They are certainly not the worse of the worst.
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While I can't attest to any work that was performed on the H.F. II guns, post production, it's fairly well known that they were pretty rough right from day one.
There was a knuckle head that used to post here, who questioned how this could be the case, until a photo showed up in one of the gun mags.
Haven't seen him since.
I suspect if someone springs for a model 24 or a later 311, they have an idea they might not be getting a Purdey. But, I'm pretty sure H.F. II thought he was getting Purdey's, since, he ordered them, and what he got was sub model 24 or 311. 311s, say what you will, usually can be assembled and will go off when the trigger is pulled.
Best,
Ted
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