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04-24-2014, 08:30 PM | #3 | ||||||
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A 30 inch 16 ga. Flues is my go to bird gun. Choked cyl/full and six pounds even. I just shoot 1 oz. loads at 1200 fps or less. Although I have shot pheasant with 1 1/8 oz. a few times. Not fancy, but a good gun.
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04-24-2014, 08:57 PM | #4 | ||||||
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My 1912 Flues 16 Gauge is at the opposite end of the spectrum. 5 Lb 14 Oz choked Cyl (0) and full (4) and so measures, with 26" barrels. It's deadly on Grouse and Woodcock. My Dad bought it in 1932 for $25 from an estate here in NH. It is mine now as he passed 6 years ago at 90.
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04-25-2014, 11:20 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Early on, Ithaca Gun Co. offered their Flues small bores in quite light weights --
By the mid-1920s, Ithaca had beefed up their Flues doubles quite a bit. In the 1912 through at least 1915 Ithaca catalogues they give their smallbore weights as -- 16-ga 5 3/4 to 6 1/4 20-ga 5 1/4 to 5 3/4 28-ga 4 3/4 to 5 1/4 In the July 1919, Ithaca catalogue -- 16-ga 5 lbs. 14 ozs. to 6 1/2 20-ga 5 1/2 to 6 28-ga 5 to 5 1/2 In the December 1, 1919, Ithaca catalogue -- 16-ga 6 to 6 3/4 20-ga 5 3/4 to 6 28-ga 5 1/4 to 5 3/4 In the 1925 Ithaca catalogue -- 16-ga 6 1/4 to 6 3/4 20-ga 6 to 6 1/2 28-ga 5 3/4 to 6 1/4 |
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04-25-2014, 06:40 PM | #6 | ||||||
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i would like to run across one of those 32 inch barreled 20 ga or a 16..and maybe one of those 4 3/4 lb 28 ga...nice guns shown..i m picking up a 30 inch barrel 16 ga shortly its a ithaca with damascus barrels and a 3 position safety..charlie
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