Ithaca Gun Co. began offering steel barrels right around 1900. The No. 2 Krupp Pigeon was in their offerings from the Lewis era into the Flues era to 1915. The No. 2 Krupp Pigeon had a list price of $70 while the regular No. 2 with Damascus barrels had a list price of $60. A ten dollar premium for the Krupp barrels. In mid-1915, when Ithaca Gun Co. introduced their new engraving patterns they began offering the new floral engraved No. 1 1/2, their $50 list price gun with either Damascus or Krupp barrels at the same price --
and from then on the No. 2 Krupp Pigeon was no longer catalogued. Only the Lewis Models seem to be found marked
PIGEON GUN. That marking hasn't been observed on the Minier of Flues Models.
In addition to the No. 2 Krupp Pigeon, Krupp barrels were offered on higher priced Ithacas for a time at the same price as the Damascus barrels. WW-I ended composite iron and steel barrels and Krupp barrels at Ithaca Gun Co.
Threaded Mode