Ithaca 20 Gauge 2 Barrel set

Stan Hoover · 02-21-2022, 10:08 PM

Good evening,

I know there’s a unbelievable amount of Parker knowledge here, but also a fair amount of Ithaca knowledge. So I’m looking to locate the last 20 gauge Ithaca put together,
it was engraved exactly as this gun in the pictures,I thought someone may know of it’s whereabouts or care to share (PM)if they know the owner?

Thanks,
Stan
Hoover

6pt-Sika · 02-21-2022, 11:01 PM

Is it safe to assume the one pictured is already in the Hoover Collection ?

Stan Hoover · 02-22-2022, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Is it safe to assume the one pictured is already in the Hoover Collection ?

I can only say, I wish it was

OH Osthaus · 02-22-2022, 07:51 AM

1964? what is the serial number?

I'd guess it's not a factory job at that date

Researcher · 02-22-2022, 10:04 AM

On page 336 of the second edition of Walter Snyder's book the guns are pictured. The caption states the serial number on the 20-gauge was 499999 while the .410-bore had a conventional serial number 469715 which on the serial number chronology is a 1947 gun.

Stan Hoover · 02-22-2022, 11:10 AM

These 2 guns, the pictured 410 and the 20 gauge, serial #499,999, were built from parts.

They were built as a gift for Sheldon Smith Jr. They took a few years to complete and were both engraved by Bill McGraw. It is Lou Smith’s likeness on the left side of the frame, a fox on the right side (Lou’s favorite game animal), and a partridge on the floor plate.

I would love to know the whereabouts of the 20 gauge, just thought someone on here might have a friend of a friend who knows.

Thanks

Larry the Gun Guy · 02-22-2022, 04:57 PM

I think Brian Hunt in New York owns that gun. The owner (Brian) had it for sale about 6 months ago on GI and I was chatting with him about it then. As I recall it was $35,000? way north of what I wanted to spend on it, but it is an American icon gun. Like I told him at the time; I don't know how you could sell that gun.