Grade 7 Ithaca!! WOW!!

targa911S · 11-09-2008, 11:38 AM

Most of us will never see one of these in person. These went to princes aqnd presidents. Unbelievable craftsmanship. Photos are from Walt Snyder, author of the Ithaca book.

tangerine911S · 11-09-2008, 11:42 AM

Sure is purdy. What is a gun like that worth?

targa911S · 11-09-2008, 11:45 AM

It's not a purdy it's an Ithaca :-). have no idea of it's value thousands I'm sure.

targa911S · 11-09-2008, 11:48 AM

Here is a Purdy...

BrokeMyCar · 11-09-2008, 12:07 PM

I used to live next to the abandoned Ithaca Gun factory ("Gun Hill") - had no idea there was such a rich history to it.

targa911S · 11-09-2008, 12:11 PM

You lived in Kings Ferry? Ithaca was one of the "Fine gun" makers in the US along with Fox, Parker and LC Smith. They were bought by a company in Upper Sandusky Ohio and are still making the M 37.

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

I'd love to watch how they make that. I was in a museum in Dresden once that had a lot of muskets with that kind of work on them. They don't make them like that anymore.

targa911S · 11-09-2008, 12:12 PM

You would have to have a LOT of time on your hands. They did all this with hammer and chisel.

BrokeMyCar · 11-09-2008, 12:19 PM

Nope, in Ithaca new york. I guess they moved to Kings Ferry in 87. Their old abandoned factory was pretty trashed. Some friends once climbed their smoke-stack.

Babak

targa911S · 11-09-2008, 12:26 PM

Too bad. A lot of history there. I guess all things change.

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

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Originally Posted by BrokeMyCar

I used to live next to the abandoned Ithaca Gun factory ("Gun Hill") - had no idea there was such a rich history to it.

Go Big Red?

BrokeMyCar · 11-09-2008, 10:10 PM

Gave my regards to Davy -

HardDrive · 11-09-2008, 11:24 PM

When my dad was 12 years old, he picked blueberrys all summer, and earned enough money to buy himself an Ithaca 12 gauge for duck hunting. He payed extra to get one with some simple bird hunting scenes engraved on the side. He was a blue collar kid, and the gun was considered quite 'fancy' in his part of town. Still has it today.

Keith Perry · 11-10-2008, 07:37 AM

Yep, Gun Hill. Ithaca, NY. A little further out from town past the factory was a roadhouse. I had Jack Kahn and Chuck Mike stuffed in my TR3 and got in a little gravel and flattened a rear fender on the guardrails. We didn't stop. Link Wray and the Wraymen were at that roadhouse and we were ready to bug. The Bug. 1963? Though I saw a few Ithaca shotguns as a kid, none had a Damascus twist barrel like the one above. Nor engraving like that.

targa911S · 11-10-2008, 07:41 AM

jack kahn? any relation to david kahn?

Do you remember Armand Schaubroeck?

BrokeMyCar · 11-10-2008, 07:51 AM

Was that roadhouse The Haunt before it moved?

SXSMAN · 11-10-2008, 08:59 AM

I've got wood looking at both of those .

And yes , if I owned them , they'd be shooters .

SxS

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

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Was that roadhouse The Haunt before it moved?

Isn't the bar at the bottom of the hill by the gun factory called The Creeker? Real townie type place.

targa911S · 11-10-2008, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SXSMAN

I've got wood looking at both of those .

And yes , if I owned them , they'd be shooters .

SxS

You really want wood, the Purdy is a double RIFLE!

steve911 · steve911's Garage

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Originally Posted by Noah930

Isn't the bar at the bottom of the hill by the gun factory called The Creeker? Real townie type place.

Think the real name is/was the Fall Creek Inn, but everyone called it the Creeker. Yep, realy townie type place as I recall.

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Gave my regards to Davy -

Remember me to Herald Square....

Far Above Cayuga's Waters - was back (briefly) this summer to show my 17 y.o. daughter the campus - I still think its breathtaking, but she's looking for something smaller - Dartmouth is first on her list. I can get behind that.