Falcon...The gun you had is in the minority. I've owned a few and shot some more, and there aren't many that have both barrels shooting at the same point of aim. I had a .223/12 that had impact differences of nearly 8" at 50 yds. How in the world can a person be asked to spend $500+ on a gun like this?
Yes, i'm aware that it is unsusual for the barrels of a Savage model 24F to shoot to the same point of aim. Am pretty lucky to find that one that did; otherwise it would be gone. Savage never even attempted to fix a problem that would have been pretty easy to remedy.
You are right, Savage charged a terrible price for that gun and it is not worth it.