Ithaca Flues

[High Brass]

A 30 inch 16 ga. Flues is my go to bird gun. Choked cyl/full and six pounds even. I just shoot 1 oz. loads at 1200 fps or less. Although I have shot pheasant with 1 1/8 oz. a few times. Not fancy, but a good gun.

[Steve Hodges]

My 1912 Flues 16 Gauge is at the opposite end of the spectrum. 5 Lb 14 Oz choked Cyl (0) and full (4) and so measures, with 26" barrels. It's deadly on Grouse and Woodcock. My Dad bought it in 1932 for $25 from an estate here in NH. It is mine now as he passed 6 years ago at 90.

[Researcher]

Early on, Ithaca Gun Co. offered their Flues small bores in quite light weights --



By the mid-1920s, Ithaca had beefed up their Flues doubles quite a bit. In the 1912 through at least 1915 Ithaca catalogues they give their smallbore weights as --

16-ga 5 3/4 to 6 1/4
20-ga 5 1/4 to 5 3/4
28-ga 4 3/4 to 5 1/4

In the July 1919, Ithaca catalogue --

16-ga 5 lbs. 14 ozs. to 6 1/2
20-ga 5 1/2 to 6
28-ga 5 to 5 1/2

In the December 1, 1919, Ithaca catalogue --

16-ga 6 to 6 3/4
20-ga 5 3/4 to 6
28-ga 5 1/4 to 5 3/4

In the 1925 Ithaca catalogue --

16-ga 6 1/4 to 6 3/4
20-ga 6 to 6 1/2
28-ga 5 3/4 to 6 1/4