New Stock

[Stephen Hodges]

Since I was a kid I always treasured my Dad’s 1912 Ithaca Flues 16 gauge. He purchased it in the Mid-1930’s for $25 I believe from a widower. He passed in 2006 at the age of 90. As most of his generation he had two hunting guns. This Ithaca and a 1912 Winchester Model 94 in .32 Special. A very popular deer gun here in the thick woods of New Hampshire. Knowing what that gun meant to me he gave it to me as a college graduation gift. It has sat in my safe all these years as it had just over 3 ¼” DAH, just too much for me to shoot. I tried comb risers but just could not get used to them. This past summer I finally decided that I needed to get this gun out of the safe and hunting again. I had it re-stocked to my shooting dimensions with a 60-year-old piece of American Black Walnut, cut in Southern New York. The nose at comb is a bit high as I did not want the receiver bent because of the excessive drop of the original stock. I could not be happier with the results. We even added a nice Ivory Bead to the barrels. The gun weighs 5 Lb 13 Oz, has 26” Barrels and is factory choked Cyl/Full. I can not wait to get her out to the upland woods.

[Rick Losey]

beautiful Steve- those Flues small bores are a nice looking guns- the wood sets it off very well.

i was going to comment on actually getting tree cut in new York :rolleyes: but then i see it was 60 years ago


next is a picture with a grouse or woodcock please

who did the work?

[Stephen Hodges]

Thanks Rick. I will just say a master craftsman, as he does not advertise his services.

[Reggie Bishop]

Very nice! Ithaca guns are underrated in my opinion!

[Frank Srebro]

Very nice work Steve. A great story and real tribute to your Dad. It will be nice to hear about her chasing the birds.

Your walnut reminds me of a piece of black cherry I had cut on "Dutch Mountain" a place of some significance nearby here by a logger friend who was a contractor at the pulp and paper mill where I worked, and I had it sawn for gunstocks in 1988. I made some muzzleloader stocks from it a while back and had forgotten about a 12 ft long board that's been behind some other stuff in my garage since then. Now I have this thought to get a Fox stocked in cherry and just might do that on one that’s in queue with a stocker.

[Richard Flanders]

Gorgeous pc of walnut! Good job.

[Dean Romig]

Very pretty crotch grain! Your Dad would be proud.





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[keavin nelson]

Beautiful stick of wood! And nicely executed.

[Tom Wyraz]

Very nice Steve, ENJOY your Dad's gun!
tjw