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Does anyone have Walt Snyder’s contact info by chance. Or a way to get research letters for Ithaca’s.
I have a question regarding another 20 ga Ithaca and the owner claims is factory 24 inch Barrels. J |
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10-03-2017, 02:33 PM | #14 | ||||||
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I can't help with any of that but, there is a pretty active group of Ithaca guys on the forum at shotgunworld.com. I bet someone there can offer up something on the 24 inch barrels.
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10-03-2017, 02:37 PM | #15 | ||||||
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Now that I think on it some more, I think Walt posts there under the title "Ithacanut". I have also snooped around some and it appears that 24" barrels were available from Ithaca. I don't have any details, only that there are Ithaca guns with factory 24" barrels.
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10-03-2017, 04:00 PM | #16 | ||||||
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In the early Flues years, Ithaca Gun Co. offered 24-inch barrels on their 20-gauge guns and after the 1912 introduction of the 28-gauge on them as well. By the July 1919 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog the only 24-inch barrels offered were on the 28-gauge and by the 1920 catalog no 24-inch barrels were offered. However, we see quite a few Ithaca with barrel lengths not in the catalogs. The 1915 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog only offered the 28-gauge with 24 or 26-inch barrels but I have a No. 1 Special, verified by Walter, with 30-inch Cockerill Steel barrels.
As I understand it Walter has sent all the Flues era records to Cody and maybe someday they will get around to offering letters from those records. When I was at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, with the Remington Society in late September 2014, I saw several boxes from Walter Snyder on the receiving racks at the McCracken Research Library. |
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10-03-2017, 04:03 PM | #17 | ||||||
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I shot the course at Hausmann's with a fellow PGCA member who was shooting a 4E 20 with 24" barrels
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10-03-2017, 04:25 PM | #18 | ||||||
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I just purchased an 1927 NID grade I miller trigger with extractors .410 for $5500. It has 26 inch barrels which I guess is common for .410's
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10-04-2017, 09:05 AM | #19 | ||||||
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There are Flues era guns with factory 22" barrels. I have a letter on a ten gauge with factory 22" barrels. I don't recall if the letter mentioned the original buyer.
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10-04-2017, 09:13 AM | #20 | ||||||
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How would one order a letter?
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