Ithaca

ithacaartist · 01-20-2015, 09:48 AM

The 1911 guys will be better informed, but it seems to me that any collectible Ithaca-made gun is in the value range you mention. Ironic reputation in Europe, because I don't believe IGC made handguns as regular fare, only for a few years during the second WW. Perhaps to capitalize on the mystique, the current owners are offering a 1911--or have recently. The Model 37 turned out to be their flagship after the days of the double barrel waned. Their fit suffered during their last years in Ithaca, which I attribute to the company's being ravaged and bled dry by corporate acquisition and shenanigans. It certainly was of no economic help when the enterprise subsequently shut down. Next time I'm downtown, I'll try to remember to snap a pic to post of the factory's chimney, which is all that remains here.

GySgt1811 · 01-20-2015, 05:05 PM

My go-to hunting gun is an Ithaca Flues Model, serial numbered to 1921. It's a workhorse double 12. I love it. It stays with me when TSHTF so as to bring home some bird meat.

Gunny John

01-20-2015, 09:48 AM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	The 1911 guys will be better informed, but it seems to me that any collectible Ithaca-made gun is in the value range you mention. Ironic reputation in Europe, because I don't believe IGC made handguns as regular fare, only for a few years during the second WW. Perhaps to capitalize on the mystique, the current owners are offering a 1911--or have recently. The Model 37 turned out to be their flagship after the days of the double barrel waned. Their fit suffered during their last years in Ithaca, which I attribute to the company's being ravaged and bled dry by corporate acquisition and shenanigans. It certainly was of no economic help when the enterprise subsequently shut down. Next time I'm downtown, I'll try to remember to snap a pic to post of the factory's chimney, which is all that remains here. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

01-20-2015, 05:05 PM	#2
GySgt1811 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 237 Thanks: 1,238 Thanked 126 Times in 84 Posts	My go-to hunting gun is an Ithaca Flues Model, serial numbered to 1921. It's a workhorse double 12. I love it. It stays with me when TSHTF so as to bring home some bird meat. Gunny John