Winchester Model 24 16ga

Good overall used condition.

2 3/4" 16ga chambers with 26" barrels 

The Winchester Model 24 is a utilitarian American side-by-side (SxS) double-barrel shotgun produced from 1939 to about 1957–1958.

This example was manufactured in 1947

History and Design

Winchester introduced the Model 24 as an affordable, no-frills field gun to compete with lower-priced American doubles like the Stevens 311 and Savage/Fox Model B (and inexpensive imports). It was never offered in high grades, engraved versions, or with options like single triggers, ejectors, or ventilated ribs—it stayed a basic working gun.

Key features:

True hammerless, striker-fired design (not concealed hammers).

Boxlock action with a distinctive rounded, relatively wide receiver that sits slightly wider than the barrels in places.

Double triggers, automatic tang safety, and spring-powered extractors.

Blued barrels and receiver with a raised solid (matted) rib.

Plain (uncheckered) black walnut stock with semi-pistol grip (straight grip optional) and semi-beavertail forend, typically with a lacquer finish. Early guns had hard buttplates; some later ones had recoil pads.

Available in 12, 16, and 20 gauge (12 was most common). Chambers were 2¾". Barrel lengths were typically 26" or 28" for 16/20 gauge (26–30" for 12 gauge), with common choke combinations like Modified/Full.

Roughly 116,000–116,200 were made. Production started in 1939 (12 gauge first; 16 and 20 gauge followed around 1940), was interrupted/limited by WWII, and continued postwar until the late 1950s. Serial number records exist through 1948 (last recorded around 64,417); later production continued into the 1950s without detailed yearly records.

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