Ithaca

[Researcher]

#2 Colonel Askin's personal 30" 16 gauge Grade 4 Flues,

The owner of the No. 4 Flues was at best a Major and at the time he had the Flues a First Lieut. From the 1925 Ithaca Flues catalog --

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His son was the Colonel.

The engraving on the pre-1915 Ithaca guns is very nice, but I don't find their frames at all graceful in appearance. The post 1915 McGraw engraving on Ithacas to me is about on par with the Gough engraving on A.H. Fox guns. Both engravers were certainly capable, but their "to a price point" designs don't light me up.

[Dean Romig]

No question, Ithacas, especially the higher grades, are handsome guns, despite my negative experience with a few of them.





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[Phil Yearout]

When I went searching for my first good side by side I had my heart set on a Fox but almost succumbed to the charms of a 16ga NID. I ended up with the Fox, but always thought I'd pick up an Ithaca at some point. Hasn't happened tho (except for my Knick 5E!). Some lovely ones here for sure!

[todd allen]

I've posted this one before. My Ithaca Lefever NS .410. This is my opening day dove gun.
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[Larry the Gun Guy]

Originally Posted by todd allen

I've posted this one before. My Ithaca Lefever NS .410. This is my opening day dove gun.
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This is just evidence that you can shoot; WELL! That's impressive.
They are fun guns too.

[Stan Hillis]

My one and only Ittaker is a Grade 3 Super Ten that i purchased through a classified ad here a couple years ago. I've been very pleased with it so far.

[Cold Spring]

Super 10's are great guns. Stan, yours looks like a nice one! Thanks for using the term "Ittaker" which I heard so often from old timers when I was a kid out for small game and while hunting with my Ithaca/Western Arms double with a good fox hunter in town who took me under his wing. The term sure brings back some memories.

I've shot many Super 10's for pattern testing and while hunting with 1-5/8 ounce/2-7/8" shells that simulated the heaviest period loadings, and with nary a problem to include the barrel ribs and forend lug.

[Daryl Hallquist]

Grade 5 Crass

[MrBojangles]

And here’s a Crass from 1892. EVERY transaction in life is a trade off as to do you want the money or said object of desire. This one, yes, the barrels have been cut, and it doesn’t have much value, but the price as purchased off this very forum was low enough that I can say that this nice condition Ithaca is far more desirable than the $450 it took to get to my doorstep. Even if only as a wallhanger but Sherman Bell has proven it’s probably okay to shoot.

[BRDHNTR]

I have a 410 Ithaca that I picked up for short money. Had Ryan Cullity strip and oil finish the stock as the original finish was crazed and ugly. Came out very well. Ithaca put nice wood on these early sxs's