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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 9, 2019 15:04:08 GMT -5
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Post by dbd870 on Feb 9, 2019 19:38:27 GMT -5
I had a 51 (semiauto) very reliable
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Post by stevein on Feb 10, 2019 12:15:32 GMT -5
I had a 51 (semiauto) very reliable I had one in 20 gauge. Reliable but big and clunky for a 20. If I wanted an Ithaca auto it would be the SKB 900(?) series. They were lighter and with a twist on the port adjustment could fire 3" or 2-3/4". A buddy had his forearm drilled so he could do this without breaking the gun down. My baby brother got Dad's 16 gauge 37.
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Post by dbd870 on Feb 10, 2019 12:35:44 GMT -5
Yeah I can’t argue with you Steve. I sold mine decades ago.
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Post by steiny on Feb 10, 2019 14:17:23 GMT -5
I've got two Ithaca 37's. One is the old "Deer slayer" model in 12ga with short smooth bore barrel. Was the hot thing going in it's day. The other is a 20ga in good as new condition that I bought for bird and rabbit hunting many years ago. Pulled it out of the safe yesterday and shot a few pheasants with it on a punt n take shoot.
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Post by span870 on Feb 13, 2019 6:36:11 GMT -5
First gun I ever owned. Was a 16ga. Sold it for $200. Regret it every day since.
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Post by oldhoyt on Feb 13, 2019 9:36:18 GMT -5
One of the first times I went hunting, about 40 years ago, the old man carried a 12 Ga featherlite. He got a shot at a buck. I was about 100 yds away and waited like I was told to. My brother made his way through the woods and they both came toward me. I saw blood on the old man's hands and thought we had a deer. Then I saw the blood on his face. I asked, What happened? Apparently he had his thumb over the top of the receiver and the recoil from the slug drove it back into his nose, gave him a bloody nose. After that when we went hunting we always made sure to ask if he had is hanky ready. A kid I knew shot that deer a few minutes later, turned out to be a 6-pointer. It ran right to him. We still have that gun, but that may be the last time it was fired.
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