huntsman
February 25, 2004, 11:28 PM
this is from a link on the Ithaca web page, some good news :D
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20040217/localsports/426326.html
The Ithaca Gun Company of King Ferry last week announced that it will be reintroducing the famed NID double-barreled shotgun that was discontinued in the late 1940s.
Ithaca spokesman Billy Weston made the announcement at a press conference Friday morning at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (S.H.O.T.) show in Las Vegas. The NID, a hammerless side-by-side double, was considered one of the premier American side-by-sides ever made but was discontinued following World War II when the cost of the required hand-fitting and other skilled labor involved made its production no longer feasible.
Weston said that the guns would be produced entirely in New York. The company currently manufactures variations of the Model 37 pump shotgun that it has produced since 1937.
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Remington Arms announced Saturday at the show that for the first time in the company's 188-year history it is going to sell foreign-made guns.
The company, founded in Ilion where its largest manufacturing plant still stands, has entered an agreement with Baikal firearms of Russia to sell low-priced single-barrel and both side-by-side and over-under double-barreled shotguns under the Spartan-by Remington brand name.
The guns will not be sold through Remington's traditional dealers but rather through Marts and discount stores. Prices will range from $97 for the simplest single-barrel guns to $490 for the high-end side-by-side double.
Baikal also makes a side-by-side for Savage Arms under the Stevens brand name and markets other action types stateside through the European American Arms Company.
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20040217/localsports/426326.html
The Ithaca Gun Company of King Ferry last week announced that it will be reintroducing the famed NID double-barreled shotgun that was discontinued in the late 1940s.
Ithaca spokesman Billy Weston made the announcement at a press conference Friday morning at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (S.H.O.T.) show in Las Vegas. The NID, a hammerless side-by-side double, was considered one of the premier American side-by-sides ever made but was discontinued following World War II when the cost of the required hand-fitting and other skilled labor involved made its production no longer feasible.
Weston said that the guns would be produced entirely in New York. The company currently manufactures variations of the Model 37 pump shotgun that it has produced since 1937.
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Remington Arms announced Saturday at the show that for the first time in the company's 188-year history it is going to sell foreign-made guns.
The company, founded in Ilion where its largest manufacturing plant still stands, has entered an agreement with Baikal firearms of Russia to sell low-priced single-barrel and both side-by-side and over-under double-barreled shotguns under the Spartan-by Remington brand name.
The guns will not be sold through Remington's traditional dealers but rather through Marts and discount stores. Prices will range from $97 for the simplest single-barrel guns to $490 for the high-end side-by-side double.
Baikal also makes a side-by-side for Savage Arms under the Stevens brand name and markets other action types stateside through the European American Arms Company.