As stated earlier I own and regularly shoot a 24 gauge. A French BLNE in near mint condition and weighs 5 1/4 pounds. It is my play gun when messing around at a preserve or late day dog walk with a chance of quail.
I have shot both reloads and factory ammo without issue. I even had RMC make 30 brass hulls for it, though I have not used them yet.
The up side is they can be super light weight guns. In Europe they have 24 gauge shells at 2 1/2, 2 3/4, and 3 in. The common available shell in the USA are 2 1/2 are 11/16 ounce (Fiochi) and 3/4 ounce (RST). Shells are not easy to find, though I have stockpiled RST shells when they were available.
Reloading dies maybe out there, but I have not seen, that said I have found roll crimping easy. I use a GAEP crimper.
The down side is limited tested reloading data available. Most data is for 3/4 and 5/8 ounce. Also i do not know of anyone who can test 2 1/2 in 24ga loads. There are only 2 tested 7/8 ounce loads, one blue dot, the other 4756. I have used the 4756 load with good effects. I have not found any other 7/8 ounce data, or even better 15/16 or 1 ounce data.
Last edited by old colonel; 02/19/25 01:14 PM.
