Straight grip 24..20 gauge..95% ?? I'll take it !

[Researcher]

Winchester catalog lists straight grip as an option..

What Winchester catalog offers a straight grip on a Model 24? I looked through every Winchester catalog I have from 1939 that introduces the Model 24 in 12-gauge to December 1955 and none offer the model 24 with a straight grip. They all offer straight grips on Model 12s & 42s.

[Jerry VanHorn]

I questioned the stock before I bought it..As follows..Shotgun World...Shotgun Forum.. Chuck hawks.com..A member said he would email me the page from Winchester if I wanted it. Not that big a deal. There are others available...so I doubt this lone 20 was the only straight grip in the world . A couple more said a pad could be ordered as well....So hate it all you want..I liked it..and FWIW..the price was $550...

[J. A. EARLY]

I've got two 24s in 12 gauge and though both say M&F they are really IC&F which is the perfect combination. What I can't understand is why they did not at least put a rough checkering on the wood as all of the others did with even their lower grades, i.e. Stevens, Fox Sterlingworth, Parker Trojan, Ithaca Nitro Special, etc. It could not have added too much to the cost that it would not have been competitive especially with the Winchester name.

[Cold Spring]

Neat gun with the straight grip. Just a word of caution if the trigger pull(s) are really heavy ..... I once disassembled a Model 24 to lighten the trigger pulls. That worked well but it was tricky to reassemble and it took a good measure of ingenuity.

[Mills]

I am not hating it at all. Can't argue with the price

[Michael D Hankinson]

I've had several Model 24s over the years, I've owned three 16s and one 12, The size and feel of the 16s was totally different than the 12, along with the wood. I felt the wood on the 12 was from a poor quality 2 x 4 while the 16s all had decent wood on them. Currently have none in the safe, passed on to others for various reasons.
I liked the 16s for Winter Cottontail and Snowshoe rabbit hunting here in Mid Michigan.

[Phil Yearout]

No hate from me! I'm not a fan of straight grips but at that price it would have been in my cabinet for sure!

[Joe D.]

I shot my brother's 16 gauge one afternoon at Loch Raven skeet and trap. I hit just about every skeet target that I shot at!!

[Bill Murphy]

I owned a 20, serial number 26,497, a mint prewar gun, 26"
cylinder and modified. I shouldn't have let it go for $50.00. I was 13 and didn't have any good sense. It came from Don's Gun Shop in Falls Church, Virginia. I sent it along its way to Texas.