Z_, I've got Mic page bookmarked. Glad to get another good recommendation. Thnx. He sounds like the benchmark standard from what I've read.
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E'trode, I personally have no problem with discussing other guns in here on occasion. We are, after all, a group of folks who all (most) own 336, but also own/shoot other guns. Good to share some info about those others as well.
I only have one shotgun, and it's a pump: an 870P. I've been an 870 guy since I was about 15. Although I haven't owned an 870 at all times since then, when I do own a shotgun, it's an 870.
(Funny though, I'm starting to consider adding a 2X2 "coach" gun at some point.)
I'm saying nothing disparaging here about others. Mossberg's are fine shotguns, too, as are Ithaca's. (And all the better that it was your father's.)
It's just that for me, 870 is what I know best. I came here to THR to learn more about which 870 I wanted. Well, actually, I came to learn which 870P I wanted. (There are multiple configurations available and I couldn't sort them out two years ago.) I learned what I wanted and more.
Here is the thread that I started in shotguns to explore that question. The first post in that thread was my first post on THR. (Wow. That brings back memories.) It's a bit dated now, and not relevant to your Ithaca, but it'll give you a sense of the kind of questions I was asking.
I wound up with the
870P - 4461. (At least, I think it was a 4461; funny how numbers begin to fade over time.)
In any case, I haven't regretted getting an 870P.
There are tons of 870 threads in Shotguns. At any given time, there are at least two or five threads that relate to 870 (and usually others) in some way, and a ton of folks who know WAY more about them than I do. Dave McCracken, Lee Lapin, SM, Dfariswheel and others are great advisers offering solid advice. I read every thing they write about any issue I'm interested in, whether or not I actually wind up taking their advice.
Hope this helps.
Nem
