[Steve 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.