Ithaca

roy reali · December 3, 2006, 02:55 PM

Yesterday we went into Carson City. One gunstore had a used Ithaca side-by-side in 16 gauge. It was in pretty decent shape. The price seemed fair.

Does anyone here have any knowledge about this brand of shotgun?

Also, what is the availablility of nontoxic 16GA ammo like?

Ruger4570 · December 3, 2006, 03:08 PM

Ithaca made some fine shotguns. I owned a NID in 16 ga for years, finally selling it ,mostly because it didn't fit me all that well and I missed too many shots with it. It was, in fact, very well built and it still had quite a bit of the case hardening colors along with barrel bluing that was close to 100%. Ithaca also made an earlier SxS called the Flues Model.The Flues was not a strong as the NID and sometimes had short chambers. Do you know which model you are looking at?

jhgreasemonkey · December 3, 2006, 03:09 PM

Ithaca has made good shotguns and have been able to keep a good reputation for a lot of years.

December 3, 2006, 02:55 PM	#1
roy reali Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2005 Posts: 3,248	Ithaca Yesterday we went into Carson City. One gunstore had a used Ithaca side-by-side in 16 gauge. It was in pretty decent shape. The price seemed fair. Does anyone here have any knowledge about this brand of shotgun? Also, what is the availablility of nontoxic 16GA ammo like?

December 3, 2006, 03:08 PM	#2
Ruger4570 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2005 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 2,136	Ithaca made some fine shotguns. I owned a NID in 16 ga for years, finally selling it ,mostly because it didn't fit me all that well and I missed too many shots with it. It was, in fact, very well built and it still had quite a bit of the case hardening colors along with barrel bluing that was close to 100%. Ithaca also made an earlier SxS called the Flues Model.The Flues was not a strong as the NID and sometimes had short chambers. Do you know which model you are looking at?

December 3, 2006, 03:09 PM	#3
jhgreasemonkey Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 2,238	Ithaca has made good shotguns and have been able to keep a good reputation for a lot of years.