info on single shot combo

yotesmoker · June 21, 2015, 01:03 PM

Is there any mfg that makes a break open 12 ga that will also allow a rifle bbl to be switched to it?

WV_gunner · June 21, 2015, 01:42 PM

Rossi did with .22 and .410 but I'm pretty sure they had bigger ones too. H&R/NEF, before their recent shutdown, had a 12 gauge that could come with a .357 mag or .44 mag barrel.

upstate81 · June 21, 2015, 04:18 PM

Thompson Center Encore platform.

SARuger · June 21, 2015, 07:46 PM

Didn't NEF make such a thing?

FITASC · June 21, 2015, 09:45 PM

Valmet made double guns like that

WV_gunner · June 21, 2015, 10:55 PM

Another option, instead of switching barrels, why not a gun that is a double barrel? The Stevens/Savage guns are the most common. For a 12 gauge you'll need the 24F-12T, but the Savage 24V is another nice one but not offered in 12 gauge, 20 gauge instead. Valmet made them like someone else said too, they produced the Savage 2400. Winchester (Japanese operated Winchester I believe) made their versions as well. I have only ever seen the Savage 24 guns though, and the Stevens .22/.410 and at most bigger flea markets I tend to see a hand few. .22/.410 combinations are the most common but there's a handful of different combinations. Depending on the seller and the gun you can spend probably $200-$600. The higher end combo guns out there aren't close to affordable. Winchester had them with .30-06 rifle barrels, I looked up their value and I have since not wanted one. The biggest rifle round the Savage 24 could have is .30-30 but they also .357 mag and .357 Max. There's even a pistol grip gun. Some guns have engravings. Some even have nickle plated receivers and some are color case hardened. They are nice guns and often overlooked. If could only have one gun it would be a Savage 24.

June 21, 2015, 01:03 PM	#1
yotesmoker Member Join Date: March 16, 2005 Location: pa mountains Posts: 78	info on single shot combo Is there any mfg that makes a break open 12 ga that will also allow a rifle bbl to be switched to it?

June 21, 2015, 09:45 PM	#5
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June 21, 2015, 01:42 PM	#2
WV_gunner Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2011 Location: WV Posts: 938	Rossi did with .22 and .410 but I'm pretty sure they had bigger ones too. H&R/NEF, before their recent shutdown, had a 12 gauge that could come with a .357 mag or .44 mag barrel.

June 21, 2015, 04:18 PM	#3
upstate81 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2011 Location: NY Posts: 801	Thompson Center Encore platform.

June 21, 2015, 07:46 PM	#4
SARuger Senior Member Join Date: October 11, 2014 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 954	Didn't NEF make such a thing?

June 21, 2015, 10:55 PM	#6
WV_gunner Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2011 Location: WV Posts: 938	Another option, instead of switching barrels, why not a gun that is a double barrel? The Stevens/Savage guns are the most common. For a 12 gauge you'll need the 24F-12T, but the Savage 24V is another nice one but not offered in 12 gauge, 20 gauge instead. Valmet made them like someone else said too, they produced the Savage 2400. Winchester (Japanese operated Winchester I believe) made their versions as well. I have only ever seen the Savage 24 guns though, and the Stevens .22/.410 and at most bigger flea markets I tend to see a hand few. .22/.410 combinations are the most common but there's a handful of different combinations. Depending on the seller and the gun you can spend probably $200-$600. The higher end combo guns out there aren't close to affordable. Winchester had them with .30-06 rifle barrels, I looked up their value and I have since not wanted one. The biggest rifle round the Savage 24 could have is .30-30 but they also .357 mag and .357 Max. There's even a pistol grip gun. Some guns have engravings. Some even have nickle plated receivers and some are color case hardened. They are nice guns and often overlooked. If could only have one gun it would be a Savage 24.