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Brian
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I had a 16ga Model 24 with 2 sets of barrels. Actually, an extra set from another gun that got parted out somewhere along the line. Old Don Zutz kinda liked them. Said they had better stock dimensions than most American classic doubles. And I recall an article, I think in Shooting Sportsman, in which Vic Venters wrote that Doug Turnbull carries a 24 when he's really serious about hunting. I think Zutz liked the stock dimensions. I don't recall any love for the gun, and I seem to remember some warnings about bruised fingers from the triggers. If Turnbull lives in NY, how serious can he be about hunting? I mean that in the best possible way, by the way. If you are going to bounce your gun off big rocks, by all means get a model 24-I can't think of a gun more deserving of being bounced off rocks. But, for actual hunting for a guy with a slim bill fold and a desire to use a double, I'd recommend a Western Arms double, in any gauge, or a Nitro Special way before I mentioned a model 24. Don Moody is spinning in his grave 'bout now, and Klunk is smiling... Best, Ted
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I started a small "firestorm" with the forum a few years ago. I thought that a Model 24 would make a good "rain" gun. Now, I'm seeing prices go from $500 for a good 24 to upwards of $700. I think it is still better than a Stoeger or Mossberg s/s gun. But, I'll continue to leave my Parker in the case and use my 24 when it looks like rain for the entire hunt. I guess you could call it a solid utilitarian gun.
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Can anyone explain the allure of two Model 37's stuck together? Now THAT'S funny 
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Note, that distinction is held by Parker Brothers 'Trojan'.
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The first shotgun I ever personally owned was a pre WWI J Stevens Arms & Tool Co 12 ga double. If memory serves me correctly it was a model 325. It had a totally square box frame, decent checkered walnut for an economy gun. esthetically thus it looked very similar to a "Slab Sided" 21, minus the points which always looked like were chiseled on as an after thought to me. Internally it cocked via cocking rods activated by lugs into the forend iron & had coil mainsprings. It did of course bolt with the familiar wedge cross bolt of a Stevens engaging a slot in the straight extension rib. It had steel barrels & in the ignorance of my youth I did not refrain from firing any load put up in a 2 3/4" shell. I shot mostly the 3DE-1 1/8oz loads but did keep a box of the newly introduced 4-1˝-4 loads for "Varmint" control on the small farm I grew up on.
I always referred to this gun as my Po'Boy 21.
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If Turnbull lives in NY, how serious can he be about hunting? I mean that in the best possible way, by the way.
Ted
Turnbull is upstate, near Ithaca. (His shop did the case colors on the Ithaca Classic Doubles.) That's not such bad hunting country, from what I understand. NY is kinda like what they say about PA: Philadelphia on one end, Pittsburgh on the other, Alabama in between. A lot of it is pretty rural once you get away from the city--which, unfortunately, tends to control the state's politics. But you live in Minnesota, so you understand how that works!
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Remark about hunting in New York reminds me of what I thought NYS was like before I moved there. I lived in upstate about 100 miles north of NYC and near the Vermont, Mass, and Conn state lines. The only better hunting I ever experienced was when I lived in northern Idaho. Fishing likewise. Cheap membership at gun clubs with unlimited shooting and hunting access ($40/year plus two work days improving the habitat and ranges). Lots of public land and most of the State parks open to hunting in season.
Their gun laws suck, but then, now I live in CA....
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