Ithaca

[Dean Romig]

It has been my ecperience that an inordinate number of Ithaca doubles have, or have had, rib problems where the rib has separated to a greater or lesser degree from the barrels.





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[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It has been my ecperience that an inordinate number of Ithaca doubles have, or have had, rib problems where the rib has separated to a greater or lesser degree from the barrels.

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Dean what is your data base?

Just looked at my tech spreadsheet and I've owned 18 Ithaca double-guns mostly NID's and some Nitros/A-Grades and Flues (nothing earlier). I shot most of them regularly and never had a loose top, bottom or short rib or forend lug. I also owned several Ithacas before using Excel to document tech specs of each gun and again, don’t remember having a rib problem with any of them. I’m not saying it can’t happen but ime it’s got to be relatively infrequent.