Hopefully the market moves away from endless tactical crap marketed at insecure manchilds and once again appreciates blued steel and walnut.

 

Someone has to cater to the market of losers who wanna larp as swat members in their free time.

 

True. It just seems like they’re growing exponentially.

 

Yeah. I dread even going into my lgs. My eye muscles get strained from rolling my eyes so much. Why someone would need an optic on a defensive hand gun is beyond me. Hold on theif, let me change my batteries and step back and aim. Wait hold on, sight got stuck in my zipper again. Idk I blame call of duty video games. People live in lala land. Same people with huge lifted jeeps commuting up the highway to work and dropping the kids off at school. I don’t even tell people I like guns, or cars lol. I love sporting clays. To me it’s like the opposite to what most shooters are like

 

Clay target shooting is getting pricey for both guns and the ammo. Hunting spots are tougher to find now days unless you don't mind going to public grounds. Might have something to do with the weekend warriors buying their cheap, Turkish Riot shotgun and a box of 00 buck. Now their good for the Zombie apocalypse. Glad to see Ithaca providing service and parts. Wish Remarms would do the same.

 

There was a clip of a guy on the claybusters subreddit. He had like a Benelli 3 gun autoloader. He was doing the John wick wannabe reloads and shooting clays. At a sporting clays range. Looked like a moron. I would’ve asked him to leave

 

Years ago I worked at a rifle/pistol/clays range. One particular day a guy shows up with a Saiga 12 gauge, complete with a 20 rounds or some such drum magazine. He asks if he can load 20 and shoot a flurry on the 5 stand course. I told him no. 2 shell limit. He asked the manager. No. Owner. No. Sorry, being cool in front of your buddies is not an excuse to ignore the rules. Out of everyone, we had far more safety problems with the tacticool guys. The fudds mainly just annoyed people with their egos.

 

I've been ordering parts from them for awhile now. Have not had any problems getting whatever parts I've needed.

 

Times change. While not everybody needs to have tactical weapons and such, an awful lot do appreciate the low maintenance polymer stocks and cerakoted metal finishes. The extra cost and effort of bluing and wood finishing may cause those treatments to fade into history. Hang on to those classic guns.
The plus side? I walked into a tacticool gun shop and found a like new Ithaca 37 12 gauge and got it for $300. Someone had traded it in on an AR or some such and the dealer wanted it gone. Thumbs up for me!

 

Times change. While not everybody needs to have tactical weapons and such, an awful lot do appreciate the low maintenance polymer stocks and cerakoted metal finishes. The extra cost and effort of bluing and wood finishing may cause those treatments to fade into history. Hang on to those classic guns.
The plus side? I walked into a tacticool gun shop and found a like new Ithaca 37 12 gauge and got it for $300. Someone had traded it in on an AR or some such and the dealer wanted it gone. Thumbs up for me!

Hmmm.. New tactic for finding some nice, old, blued/walnut guns... .

Thanks for the tip.
Maggs

 

FYI, I spoke to the folks at the shop today. While they are not currently mfg'ing any shotguns they ARE doing restorations and repairs. Also selling parts.

I told them I would let everyone know.

Did they say why they were no longer manufacturing and if this is a permanent decision?

 

The little wet shoe contest is over.

Some of you should pause and read this.

https://www.shotgunworld.com/threads/intended-purpose-of-this-forum.116835/unread

Steve

 

I love Ithaca shotguns. Hope to own one one day. What a classic. I will not visit the I love my Jeep thread.

 

Hey, David, thanks for the tip regarding Ithaca Gun Co.’s shop. I may need them if I can’t get my top extractor out.

Your post isn’t lost in some unrelated shuffle.

 

Hey, David, thanks for the tip regarding Ithaca Gun Co.’s shop. I may need them if I can’t get my top extractor.

Your post isn’t lost in some unrelated shuffle.

You were one of the reasons that I did it. I wanted folks to know that they have options. Same as with fitting barrels.

 

@Biscut

And you dont read very well,(post #20) I told the posters involved (you for 1) to stop with the wet shoe contest. I meant it.
Drop the subject.
Steve

 

Sorry I derailed this. I was trying to express my sadness that a company that makes an iconic gun done right is struggling in today‘s Tango Down Patriot Freedom Check Six everything gun market.

My apologies.

To be expected. I drive a Subaru.

 

Thanks for the heads up! Great to hear they're still keeping the Ithaca spirit alive with restorations and repairs. Fingers crossed they'll get back to making new guns someday!

 

PA, agree, those were cool products.

I love shooting. I compete in ICORE, have a soft spot for 1911s, and have been fortunate enough to take some defensive shooting courses from some of the greats, including Louis Awerbuck (RIP). My point in the previous post was simply that like a lot of us I’m worn out by the fear-mongering tactical everthing marketing that seems to have no sign of slowing down. When it takes a tactical lever action in .45-70 to survive the drive to work we’ve got bigger societal problems than can be solved by a gun purchase. : )

Again, my apologies for derailing the thread.

 

It's the Zombies.....

 

I bought one of their model 37s in 16 ga. It looked great, and functioned perfectly, but wow, was it heavy. I sold it.

 

An Upper Sandusky gun, right? Somehow, I think the "Featherlight" part of the Model 37 name got lost on the move from New York to Ohio. My preWar 16 weighs 6.25 lbs--a true Featherlight.

 

I had an Ithaca Mag 10 when waterfowl hunting required steel shot, but before the introduction of tungsten matrix. Great gun after I had the barrel trimmed to 26" and Briley choke tubes installed.
To the Roadblocker... For giggles I picked up a box of slugs and buckshot for the 10 gauge and my uncle and I shot them at the range one day. WOW! If my local shotgun only deer hunting area would have allowed buckshot I would still have that gun. The slugs were heavy recoil but not as bad as 12 gauge loads in my Ithaca 37.

 

FYI, I spoke to the folks at the shop today. While they are not currently mfg'ing any shotguns they ARE doing restorations and repairs. Also selling parts.

I told them I would let everyone know.

Sorry to hear that Ithaca is not manufacturing any new shotguns.I was hoping that they would do okay.Bought one of their 28 gauge Model 37 shotguns.There were rumours at one time, of Ithaca coming out with a nice light weight 28 gauge SXS.Would of been nice to be able to purchase a new 28 gauge Ithaca SXS.

 

I had been waiting to buy a new 20ga for a while, finally gave up and bought one at an auction yesterday.
No more 37 or BPS, kinda sucks that quality pump shotguns are going to be a thing of the past.

 

I recently was looking for a new sub-gauge slide shotgun, and a new Ithaca 37 was on the top of my list. I was disappointment to see they are apparently going out of business and not selling any new guns. Kind of hard for a gun company to stay in business if they don't sell any guns.

Fortunately, I found a new in box Browning BPS in 20 gauge online.

 

I had been waiting to buy a new 20ga for a while, finally gave up and bought one at an auction yesterday.
No more 37 or BPS, kinda sucks that quality pump shotguns are going to be a thing of the past.

I recently was looking for a new sub-gauge slide shotgun, and a new Ithaca 37 was on the top of my list. I was disappointment to see they are apparently going out of business and not selling any new guns. Kind of hard for a gun company to stay in business if they don't sell any guns.

Fortunately, I found a new in box Browning BPS in 20 gauge online.

I got very lucky in that I was able to get 12, 16, 20, and 28 gauge Ithaca shotguns that were made in Upper Sandusky. In my opinion (as I have stated here many times) I believe the Ohio guns are (were?) the best ones ever made by Ithaca. I own a couple of others as well - and they are very reliable - but the Ohio guns (due to their CNC milling) are just superb. It is indeed a shame that they are not manufacturing guns anymore there.

 

There are 3 things wrong with the Ohio guns in my opinion. Quality is NOT one of them.

1. Too heavy for a hunting gun. Starting with the Roto-forged barrels, and morphing into the 3" chambered guns, the Ohio built guns were the heaviest of them all. Ithaca 37's were called Featherlight for a reason. Now granted, for a trap, sporting clays or other competition gun that you are not toting over hill and dale they are perfect but not for long range walking in less than flat terrain.

2. Chambered too tight. That precision caused some issues. I know a guy that bought a brand new trap version. It would not extract many brands of brand new shells. He was so PO'ed that he traded it off with a loss, not even trying to get warranty work on it. He expected it to reasonably work out of the box.

3. Magazine tube design. This one they inherited. The original mag tube had a bushing pressed into the end. This matched a shoulder inside the receiver and controlled the handoff to the right and left shell stops. Sometime in the King Ferry era, the design was changed to cut cost. A simple roll was put in to stop the shell follower. This allowed slop, and if the internal shoulder was not reamed out, potential interference with the shotgun rim.

I discovered this replacing a tube with one I bought from Upper Sandusky. It made the adjustment of the right a left shell stops super critical. Tolerances of shotgun shell rims on the low side, with a not perfect adjustment, lead to either not feeding or dumping the hole tube of shells on the ground.

I fixed it (discussed here years ago) by machining another bushing to blend into the roll via a steep angle. This made adjusting the shell stops easier and this gun functioned perfectly. I subsequently sourced and reblued an old style and replaced it, but have it here at the house for discussion and show and tell.

Other issues I personally had with them was that the 16's were built on a 3" length receiver. I was going to buy one, actually had one on hold at a shop to go look at. When I held it and compared it in feeling to the 16 I had been hunting with, I walked away from it. Gone was the quick handling, light gun that I had carried through often hilly terrain while hunting. The old 16's are the ultimate upland hunting gun bar none. There was truth the the saying about carries like a 20 and kills like a 12.

 

There are 3 things wrong with the Ohio guns in my opinion. Quality is NOT one of them.

1. Too heavy for a hunting gun.

2. Chambered too tight.

3. Magazine tube design.

Other issues I personally had with them was that the 16's were built on a 3" length receiver.

There was truth the the saying about carries like a 20 and kills like a 12.

David, thank you for that insight. I had not noticed the weight of the gun to be a problem, but that's probably just me. I'm going to begin shooting my 16 gauge here shortly. Up until now, I've shot the 12, 20, and 28. I'm good with the 12 and 28, but the 20 that I bought came with a Monte Carlo stock, and I just don't seem to get the right cheek weld with it. I took the 20 and 28 out to the Huglu pheasant hunt. I shot the 20 OK, but had to struggle to get the damn bird. The 28 was automatic; it almost wasn't even fair. @Riflemeister has been shooting a 16 gauge for years, so when I was hunting with him I made up my mind to come home, get the 16 gauge out and get to the trap and SC fields to give it a try.

 

FYI, I spoke to the folks at the shop today. While they are not currently mfg'ing any shotguns they ARE doing restorations and repairs. Also selling parts.

I told them I would let everyone know.

Did they mention if they will ever return to manufacturing shotguns?

 

No they did not. Not their call anyway, they were just the employees.

 

I rescued and re-homed a decent Ithaca 37 in 12ga from a younger guy who was thinking of making it a Home defense gun by shortening the barrel. He was pretty obsessed that the shotgun was "slam fire"!.

Sold it to another hunter. (Along with a Remington M31 in 20ga for his father). I made no profit of either shotgun. Just wanted them to go to good homes

 

@drcook I just got the new stock. It looks great. Installed quick and clean. However, I have a question....

On my original stock I have the gun and feather butt plate. How do I take this off? I want to transfer it to the new stock. THANKS!!!