ITHACA SUPER 10 TO 3.5"?

[Jerry Harlow]

Opinions wanted on taking an Ithaca Super 10 from 2 7/8" to 3 1/2."

I know the Supers are rarer than the 3 1/2" magnums, but it is what I want to use. Do you think Ithaca beefed up the guns when they went to extended chambers in 1932 (I believe that was the year)?

Thanks for the input.

[Bob Jurewicz]

Ithaca 10 GA 3 1/2" Magnums weigh in between 10 1/2 and 12 lbs. Compare that weight with your gun's. That's the level of beefing done.
Bob Jurewicz

[Jeff Kuss]

According to Walt Snyder's book, they did beef up the gun for the magnums.

[Brian Dudley]

They are heavy and i would think you should not have too much trouble physically lengthening the chamber from a wall thickness standpoint.

The magnum tens had a through lug on the barrels which was supposed to have made the difference in it holding up to the heavier loads. The earlier Super tens did not.

[George Stanton]

I wouldnt.

[Rick Losey]

Please please please:shock:


Do not modify a super ten.

If you want a 3 1/2 inch magnum NID there are several for sale on the various sites now


There are many who would give an unaltered ( chamber and chokes) Ithaca super ten a loving home and a chance to do what it was designed for

[Dave Noreen]

Ithaca Gun Co. warned against it at the time.

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I wouldn't do it. Ithaca's NID Magnum-frame is longer, has a larger diameter hinge pin, and the barrel lug extends through the bottom of the frame.

[Dave Noreen]

Magnum frame --

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Magnum barrel lug --

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[Rick Losey]

Oh my. :clap:

[Jerry Harlow]

Thank you Gentlemen for your replies. I truly did not know if they modified the frame from 1926 with the Supers to the 3 1/2 inchers.

That is what is so good about this site, ask a question and one get the information needed to make an informed decision.

[Bill Murphy]

In my experience, a standard under 500,000 Ithaca ten, bored out to 3 1/2" is almost impossible to sell. No one wants a whored up magnum.

[charlie cleveland]

one thing about 3 1/2 inch doubles the frame is larger and very bulky to me where as a 2 7/8 gun handles a lot better than the magnum guns...but i to like the magnum 10 i ve wanted a ithaca 10 for a long time but always out of my pocketbook....i have a old parker gun with twist barrels that has 3 1/2 inch chambersprobly not factory but it shoots wellgun weighs 12 lbs...i have a ithaca 3 1/2 inch automatic that shoots a lot better pattern than all my other 10 ga s..jerry i took a thick barrel stevens 12 ga and made it into 3 1/2 chambers have killed a few turkeys with it when i could walk a long ways i carried this gun...let us know if you rechambered the gun....charlie

[Jeff Kuss]

Top is NID field grade 10 ga Magnum 12 lb. 4 oz 32" barrels
Bottom is 6 frame 10 ga. 11 lb. 2 oz. 34" barrels

[charlie cleveland]

is the parker pictured here a 3 1/2 inch gun...nice guns ...charlie

[Dean Romig]

There's a lot to be said of a Parker that looks bigger than the NID beside it but weighs more than a pound less, even with the longer barrels. I'll bet it swings a lot nicer than the NID too...

Jeff, please compare the felt recoil between the two.


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[Rick Losey]

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=588&pictureid=9325

[Jerry Harlow]

I commented before that the proof reader must have been asleep to make about a comment on "The little .410 Ithaca is a winner" when the ad was for the Super 10. Out of place I think.

[Dave Noreen]

In the September 1929 issue of The American Rifleman they formatted that ad a bit differently --

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but they still mention the "little .410." In those days it really was, with 3/10 ounce of shot in the 2-inch shell and 3/8 ounce in the 2 1/2 inch shell.

[scott kittredge]

I picked up a super 10 from I guy that shot 3 1/2 in. shells out of it and said" it keeps opening up every time I shoot it", I picked it up cheep and shot 2 7/8ths shell fine with it. Shoot it the way it is and you won't want for more gun, trust me:)

[Allen Peterson]

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This is my Mag 10 I loaded 1.5 oz of #3 nice shot which patterned better than larger shot loads
1 shot at 40 yards and he folded up like a dove.dead in the air.

[charlie cleveland]

the nice shot done its work...boy that thing must way 25 lbs...great going.....charlie