bushmaster1313
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When things were still made in the USA:
Ithaca Base: "The Eagle Has Landed" - April 14, 1927
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oneounceload
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Nice trap gun - hope no one suggests to cut it down for HD..............
Andrew Wyatt
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You should cut it down for HD.
NMBrian
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Where do you mount the laser?
Dave McCracken
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Thanks.
It would be blasphemy to change anything on this fine piece of old world craftsmanship. Someday I'd like to purchase one of their SxS's that they used to make back in their glory days. Finding an original American made Ithaca SxS is rarer than hens teeth. Most people that have them usually got them from their father and don't usually want to part with them. Can't say I blame them.
Armored farmer
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You gotta get a mag ext or it's useless.
Jim Watson
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One of our old hands said a 34" full choke trap single would take a squirrel out of a tall, tall, tree.
So it is not totally specialized.
So it is not totally specialized.
bushmaster1313
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You guys need to spend more time shooting and less time typing
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mjackson
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Tell us about it. I am new to those...model 4e right? Anyways, give us some background info on the gun and the acquisition.
bushmaster1313
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I like classic functional shotguns. I was looking for about a year for an Ithaca 4E to use as my regular trap gun. All of the ones for sale were either beat up or modified by prior owners or listed for $1500 and up.
This one came up for auction with no reserve and I got it for less than $1000. When it came I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was in used but original condition. Walter Snyder, the Ithaca historian, told me it shipped to a C. R. Swartz of Kenton Ohio on April 14, 1927. Google told me that C. R. Was a runner up at 1919 Grand American.
I had Les Hovencamp of Diamond Gunsmithing give it a cleaning and a check up and he fitted for me an old but still soft Jostam Hy-Gun that I found on Gunbroker for under $10. All in all, my kind of gun.
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This one came up for auction with no reserve and I got it for less than $1000. When it came I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was in used but original condition. Walter Snyder, the Ithaca historian, told me it shipped to a C. R. Swartz of Kenton Ohio on April 14, 1927. Google told me that C. R. Was a runner up at 1919 Grand American.
I had Les Hovencamp of Diamond Gunsmithing give it a cleaning and a check up and he fitted for me an old but still soft Jostam Hy-Gun that I found on Gunbroker for under $10. All in all, my kind of gun.
Best part-Made in USA
Armored farmer
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Great history behind the gun. Ithaca 4E and the fancier 5E were the premier trap guns of the 1930's-1960's. (the Perazzi of their day).
My father and I have 4E's.
My father and I have 4E's.
artee
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Jim Watson: Did the "old hand" also tell you that you don't need to shoot, you just push the squirrel off?
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