Now go find an Ithaca Flues or Field grade, a Lefever Grade B or C, high grade L.C. Besides English Pointers, English Setters were the original gundog and are one of the oldest gundog breeds in existence today. All the gentlemen who started these gunmaking companies were English Setter fans. You will also find English Setters engraved on higher grade Parker's, L.C. William Baker, Ithaca's founder, saw to it that a Setter was engraved on most of their guns over the years, for he had a deep passion for them. I've mentioned this before on another post here last year. I will say it had issues loading shells from the magazine at first, but after several shells and snap caps, it's been perfect.īeautiful gun. Loading shells is almost addictive, each one smoothly going in, without having to worry about pinching your fingers on a shell lifter. Drop them in, and give it a quarter turn, then tighten the magazine cap (or loosen? depending on which way you're looking) so that it snugs in the barrel. All of the barrels (vent rib and smoothbore) are connected to the receiver by a thread. The rifled barrel also has fiber optic sights (adjustable of course), manufactured by Marble Arms. Fiber optics on the front are listed as being manufactured by Truglo. Ithaca calls this the Solderless Barrel System, and touts that it produces straighter barrels since they are never exposed to heat. The posts that support the vent rib are machined out of the same material out of the barrel, instead of being soldered on. The rib itself dovetails into the posts on the barrel, and is presumably replaceable by removing that screw. If you look in the picture, you can see a screw in the rib. The other side of the receiver depicts a duck scene.Ī closer look at the stock. Sadly (not to discredit the engraver that did this receiver, it was a beautiful job), Bill Mains, Ithaca's hand engraver, passed away nearly 2 years ago.
The hand enhanced engraving is where they'll take the standard factory engraving (which is machined into the receiver), and do hand engraving to add extra detail. I have a soft spot for English Setters, they're absolutely wonderful dogs. This, as silly as it sounds, was one of the reasons why I chose the Featherlight. Receiver drilled and tapped for scope mountĪ look at the engraving on one side.I ordered the Ithaca 37 Uplands Combo (it's a smoothbore/rifled barrel combo) with. Engraving and gold inlays, woodwork, stock dimensions, and a whole lot more. They're a friendly bunch, and will do pretty much whatever you want on your shotgun (as long as you can afford it, of course). Ithaca, for those that don't know, is now located in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. It had to be special, and it was going to be the Ithaca 37. Graduated from college, got my dream job, and moving out of NJ, I needed to celebrate. I started wanting it as an NJ resident, and got it as a PA resident, so that's why it's on both forums. Just figured I'd share it with all of you.
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