New to me Ithaca model 100

[Zak Smith]

Just picked up a nice "working" economy side-by-side 20ga, which is reminiscent of the shotgun I used as a kid hunting upland birds in Wisconsin. This Ithaca-SKB Model 100 has 28" M/F barrels, and is probably 30+ years old.


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[gcrookston]

Great Find! I think you've a real keeper there! wanna sell it?

I've always liked SxS guns and own a couple of Winchesters (21 and a couple of 24's). I think Ithica guns are better balanced on whole and easier pointers.

 

[Jim Watson]

Like many good guns, they have pretty much quit being "economy" models since being discontinued. They are popular in CAS with tenderfeet who don't want to learn to shoot a double trigger gun.

 

[Zak Smith]

For the price I paid, this is definitely an "economy" model.

The Cabelas gun library has quite a few similar models in the $2000 range, and you can get a real nice one for $5000-- but that's in the luxury price range, not a middle-class working gun.

 

[Shawnee]

Hi Zak...

I owned/used one for 5 years and loved it ! Congratulations !

 

[jcjacobvt]

Yup, got one same; love it. Close to what the Fox 20 ga. SxS were for a great utiluty shotgun for rabbits and small game. Some on gunbroker_com asking in the $1200. to $1500. prices.

 

[plateshooter]

I hunted with one just like that for years. I shot better with it than any other shotgun I have owned. Keep an eye on the stock, some had a tendency to crack where the wood meets the metal on the action. I had a 100, a 200, and a 900 SKB semi auto, and they all cracked. These were mid 1960s vintage guns. Later ones may not have had these problems. I repaired all three with epoxy and brass pins, and shot them for several years after that. They were all great shooters, and I still miss them.