I Finally Bought Another of my Favorites Today

[Dean Romig]

One thing I haven’t done, but I will when I’m back home, is to measure the chokes.





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[Researcher]

As I'm sure you know, smallbore Floosies are prone to frame cracking in the hammer cocking cutouts. frank

I used to think that, but then I got a sheaf of letters about the cracking of the frame of a No. 4 10-gauge --

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There are several more letters back and forth and while Ithaca offers the customer an NID No. 4 10-gauge for $50, he insists they repair the Flues!

[Cold Spring]

Capt Askins wrote, all this is why Ithaca went to its much improved NID Model.

[Mills]

On the other end of the spectrum, I have an Ithaca Mag 10 which I love.

[Dean Romig]

Frank, until you informed me earlier in this thread, I was unaware of this inherent weakness in the small bore Flues model.
Thank You.





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