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Old July 19, 2011, 04:52 PM   #2
James K
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The Flues model was named for the designer, Emil Flues, who worked for Ithaca from 1906 to about 1917. Before that he was an independent gun maker in Bay City, Michigan. The Flues guns were light weight and there are reports of them suffering damage with high power shells. AFAIK all those guns were late enough to have solid steel barrels, not Damascus.

A Google search on "Ithaca Flues" will provide more information than I can give here, including some sales with values.

As to cleaning, I would use brass or bronze (not steel) wool and oil to remove the light outside rust. Try to go easy on "patina"; some collectors like to see it, some don't but removing it is a one way process. A regular bronze bore brush and a good gun cleaner should be enough for the inside of the barrels.

Jim
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