Ithaca lever action shotgun

[mio]

I have one in 20ga and love it. I've been looking for one in 12ga locally with no luck.

 

[AethelstanAegen]

It might be an idea to take a look at the Chiappa, as well:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ym5svemcFLc

Twice the price but *great* fun to shoot and pretty (for a given value of "pretty") as well.

Once you start looking at the Chiappa's you might as well start looking into original 1887. I've got an 1888 made Winchester 1887 that I love for less than the cost of a Chiappa. The only drawback being the need to handload blackpowder shotgun shells (if you've ever fired a BP shotgun shell then you know this actually a plus as they're a ton of fun).

 

[CaptainChaos]

Once you start looking at the Chiappa's you might as well start looking into original 1887. I've got an 1888 made Winchester 1887 that I love for less than the cost of a Chiappa.

They're not so common over *this* side over The Pond. Having said that, there *was* one for sale, recently.

Thing is, with *my* username, I'm always afraid that these ol' guns will break when I touch 'em. (My late father left me a bunch of guns including a Greener SxS hammer gun that wss over a 100 years old. I gave it to my uncle - while it was really nice to shoot (using light loads), *I* didn't want to be the one to break it.)

The only drawback being the need to handload blackpowder shotgun shells (if you've ever fired a BP shotgun shell then you know this actually a plus as they're a ton of fun).

A couple of years ago, I attended a PSG competition and took my Chiappa. Since most serious PSGers in the UK seem to use Bennellis, I figured that I'd be the only one shootin' a lever-action.

In the event, someone *else* also brought an 1887 clone - in this case, a Norinco with a shortened barrel. He was shooting black-powder loads with the result that the ranges either side *also* became obscured. Thor's hammer, indeed...

Regards,

Mark.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I have one in 20ga and love it. I've been looking for one in 12ga locally with no luck.

Don't know where "local" is to you (I see MI, but that's a lot of real estate), but local to me is a gun shop with a 12 gauge model 66 on the used shelf, $169.50. ight be able to talk them down if you've got cash in hand.

PM me if you want the contact info and SKU number of the Ithaca.

 

[kBob]

USAF Vet,

I would bet that Jayne (the man they call Jayne) would want a Ithaca m66.....and he would name it, too.

Didn't someone on here cut one down to 18.5 inches or so?

-kBob

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

USAF Vet,

I would bet that Jayne (the man they call Jayne) would want a Ithaca m66.....and he would name it, too.

Didn't someone on here cut one down to 18.5 inches or so?

-kBob

A man walks down the street, carrying a gun like that, you know he's not afraid of anything...

 

[tiamat]

I have one in 20ga and love it. I've been looking for one in 12ga locally with no luck.

Don't know where "local" is to you (I see MI, but that's a lot of real estate)

Judging by his account name, i'm going to guess he's in Mio.

And, I though another lever action shotgun would be cool too, until I saw the pictures of it - definitely not awesome in my book.

 

[USAF_Vet]

USAF Vet,

I would bet that Jayne (the man they call Jayne) would want a Ithaca m66.....and he would name it, too.

Didn't someone on here cut one down to 18.5 inches or so?

-kBob

He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor, he stood up to the man and he gave him what for. Our love for him now ain't so hard to explain, the hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne.

Compared to Vera, a cut down M66 fails to compare. I'd think Jayne would be partial to more ammo.

 

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