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Ithaca Is America's Old-School Pump Gun Manufacturer

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A lot of American shooters might be surprised to know just how old the Ithaca Gun Company is. The manufacturer was founded in 1883 (some reports say 1880), in the small New York city that lent the company its name. And while the company has built all sorts of firearms over the years, including military-contract submachine guns and pistols, they mostly focused on building shotguns and importing rifles from Europe, rebranding them with the Ithaca name.

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Fudd Friday: Ithaca Is America's Old-School Pump Gun Manufacturer

There is no firearm more closely associated with American hunting than the pump-action shotgun.Like lever-action rifles, pump-action shotguns are super-popular in the U.S.market and a much less common choice for hunters in Europe or other markets.
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My older uncle's and grandparents had Ithaca's bottom ejectors. That was the gun I wanted when I grew up. Sadly they all disappeared and I was never able to acquire one myself.
My son just inherited an Ithaca semi-auto shotgun from his grandfather on his mother's side. It's a very nice shotgun once he cleaned it up. I don't think it had been cleaned in 30 years.
 
Pitdogg2 said:
My older uncle's and grandparents had Ithaca's bottom ejectors. That was the gun I wanted when I grew up. Sadly they all disappeared and I was never able to acquire one myself.
My son just inherited an Ithaca semi-auto shotgun from his grandfather on his mother's side. It's a very nice shotgun once he cleaned it up. I don't think it had been cleaned in 30 years.
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They're around.

I inherited my grandfather's ( bought for him by my father) 20 gauge Model 37 Featherlight. It's a nice little shooter.

FYI, the KelTec KSGs are bottom ejectors. The action is basically a clone of a 37.
 
Bassbob said:
Yep. I have one of those too. I call it the black bastard. I nearly cut the barrel down and put a mag extension on it, but let's face it, I don't really need another tactical shotgun.View attachment 90736
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Lol i darn near spit my drink thru my nose when i read this. I thought my grand uncle, my grand parent type did mot know grandparents, was going to get killed over black bastard when I was a kid.

When I stayed there with them in the ciry once he told me about the black squirrels eating the pears off his pear tree, the reds never bothered it just the black ones. So, one day we are outside and he saw the black squirrel in his tree he started yelling, cone here you black bas.****, I will kill all you black bastards one at a tine, then I will kill you kids.

I looked around and all his black neighbors were standing in the doorways looking at him... lol. I was like shhhh shhh uncle jack...
 
I believe Ithaca also imported the SKB shotguns marketed by Ithaca until about 1980 or so.
Included models like the side-by-side 100, 150, 200E, and 280, as well as over-under models such as the 500, 600, and 700. There were also 5500, 5800, 6500, 6800, higher grade guns.
I remember a large Ohio distributor (Outdoor Sports Headquarters) bought their remaining inventory of new and demo shotguns and ran a huge sale at their retail stores.
 
Bassbob said:
I still have my Stevens single barrel breaks in 20 and 12 from when I was a kid. Our quarry was quail, grouse and woodcock.
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I have my old Savage 410/22 over and under. That's where I learned to shoot moving bired with rifle sights, to this day I prefer them to a bead. Took everything with thst thing all the way up to my first deer with a 410 slug.
 
I currently own a Mod37 Featherlight that I've had since the early 1970's. 12ga, 28" vent rib, modified choke and a 30" plain bbl w/full choke that I bought later. I bought the 30" with plans to cut it down to about 16+", but never did, later sold it. Can't even count the numbers of quail and doves I've taken with that old gun and it still looks like new ... almost. I take real pride in my guns and tools and take good care of both. I also at one time had an Ithaca O/U 12ga. For some reason decided to sell it years ago and still today don't know why. Duhhh!
 
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