Magnum Wheel Man
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here's my crackshot...
you sure that wasn't a favorite ( with the lever )
you sure that wasn't a favorite ( with the lever )
any expirience with Ithaca M-49 single shot 22 ???
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Magnum: FYI
My Ithaca 72 was bought for $79.99 at J.C. Penney in a big city mall around 1976 with hard-earned tobacco money. It is the .22 lr version. They also made a .22 magnum version. They were made for Ithaca by Erma in West Germany, very high quality and great triggers, and the last offer I had for mine was $275 some 15 years ago now. I'm not sure that Erma even made the 49's? All were aluminum receivers, just like most of them are today. The fit and finish were also much better on the 72. The 49 wore just basic black paint. I never could keep count of the number of bushytails that fell to that little rifle-and still do.
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My Ithaca 72 was bought for $79.99 at J.C. Penney in a big city mall around 1976 with hard-earned tobacco money. It is the .22 lr version. They also made a .22 magnum version. They were made for Ithaca by Erma in West Germany, very high quality and great triggers, and the last offer I had for mine was $275 some 15 years ago now. I'm not sure that Erma even made the 49's? All were aluminum receivers, just like most of them are today. The fit and finish were also much better on the 72. The 49 wore just basic black paint. I never could keep count of the number of bushytails that fell to that little rifle-and still do.
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As far as I know the 49R and the 72 are similar only in that they're both lever actions. The 49 was made in the US, and the 72 by Erma in West (at the time) Germany. They may be similar (in the case of the "R" model), but then how many ways can you make a lever action rifle?
I have read that the Erma/72 has evolved into the Henry 22 rifle we know today. I can see the similarities there a lot more than in the 49R.
BTW. I paid $150.00 for the 49 I've got. I too had seen them on Gunbroker for that much so I wasn't too worried about the price. I've sure seen a lot worse looking 22's for that much.
I have read that the Erma/72 has evolved into the Henry 22 rifle we know today. I can see the similarities there a lot more than in the 49R.
BTW. I paid $150.00 for the 49 I've got. I too had seen them on Gunbroker for that much so I wasn't too worried about the price. I've sure seen a lot worse looking 22's for that much.
Magnum Wheel Man
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This is the sight I found... turning the M-49 into a 17 Mach 2 & adding this sight should make it more than deadly on those pesky little red squirrels...
you know that as you get older you often like to do things you did as a kid... I used to love to squirrel hunt as a kid... so I've been grooming our place as an ideal place for squirrels... already had lots of walnut trees, but I've been adding a bunch more smaller nuts ( like oaks ), lots maples & box elders with the smaller seeds, & trying to maintain the tall old pines... when my wife's folks used to live here, they had the big red fox squirrels & a few greys... then the little red pine squirrels moved in & they ran off everything else... they are mean & distructive lttle critters
I've kinda been at war with them since we moved in, & now I have quite a few greys back... I'd love to get a couple of the fox squirrels back...
the lil Ithaca I think is going to be my prime pine squirrel defense system
when I get around to wanting to hunt the larger squirrels, the 22 will do just fine for killing them without damaging too much meat... but the little pine squirrels will just be cat food, so 17 caliber varmint bullets for them...
you know that as you get older you often like to do things you did as a kid... I used to love to squirrel hunt as a kid... so I've been grooming our place as an ideal place for squirrels... already had lots of walnut trees, but I've been adding a bunch more smaller nuts ( like oaks ), lots maples & box elders with the smaller seeds, & trying to maintain the tall old pines... when my wife's folks used to live here, they had the big red fox squirrels & a few greys... then the little red pine squirrels moved in & they ran off everything else... they are mean & distructive lttle critters
I've kinda been at war with them since we moved in, & now I have quite a few greys back... I'd love to get a couple of the fox squirrels back...
the lil Ithaca I think is going to be my prime pine squirrel defense system
when I get around to wanting to hunt the larger squirrels, the 22 will do just fine for killing them without damaging too much meat... but the little pine squirrels will just be cat food, so 17 caliber varmint bullets for them...Attachments
Magnum Wheel Man
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Thought you guys might find this interesting...
I really wanted it at 1st, but have too many irons in the fire right now ( um... I think
)... so thought I'd let you guys see it...
a repeater at a reasonable price...
ooops wrong link... there it's fixed
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=142150226
I really wanted it at 1st, but have too many irons in the fire right now ( um... I think
)... so thought I'd let you guys see it...a repeater at a reasonable price...
ooops wrong link... there it's fixed
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=142150226
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UniversalFrost
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sorry to dredge up an old thread, but I was wondering if you folks with the disassembly instructions could post them or i could pay you shipping if you could make a copy.
I just snagged one of these little m49's on auctionarms and need to take apart and refinish the metal (gonna be an x-mas gift for my 4yr old daughter).
JOE
I just snagged one of these little m49's on auctionarms and need to take apart and refinish the metal (gonna be an x-mas gift for my 4yr old daughter).
JOE
Magnum Wheel Man
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you have an e-mail... that I attached an exploded parts diagram... hope that helps...
UniversalFrost
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thanks for the parts diagram.
will let you know if I get the instructions.
JOE
will let you know if I get the instructions.
JOE
Ithaca M49 rifle
I have an Ithaca M-49R .22 repeater which I just got. I wanted to go completely through the gun even though it looked in excellent condition.
I looked everywhere and could not find any take down info on it. I saw a lot of good for the 49 and positive comments about the 49R but zero info about servicing. I even contacted Ithaca and a former gunsmith from Ithaca and I bought a CD of 2100 gun manuals but still came up empty. Being very mechanical and have had success with my other rifles I decided to figure it out myself. So I sat down and found the secret to take it all down. I then took pictures and wrote a take down procedure. So if you need the take down for the Ithaca M-49R or the M-49 contact me at tamason2@sbcglobal.net
I have an Ithaca M-49R .22 repeater which I just got. I wanted to go completely through the gun even though it looked in excellent condition.
I looked everywhere and could not find any take down info on it. I saw a lot of good for the 49 and positive comments about the 49R but zero info about servicing. I even contacted Ithaca and a former gunsmith from Ithaca and I bought a CD of 2100 gun manuals but still came up empty. Being very mechanical and have had success with my other rifles I decided to figure it out myself. So I sat down and found the secret to take it all down. I then took pictures and wrote a take down procedure. So if you need the take down for the Ithaca M-49R or the M-49 contact me at tamason2@sbcglobal.net
bamaranger
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.22 Mag
Man those pics brought back a hundred memories. The local hardware store sold M49's and I dearly wanted one. The reference to TV westerns was apt, I was a "Rifleman" fan. But my youth .22 turned out to be a .22 bolt (single shot of course).
I see a M49 now and again, all beaters, and never in the caliber that want these days, .....22 Mag.
Man those pics brought back a hundred memories. The local hardware store sold M49's and I dearly wanted one. The reference to TV westerns was apt, I was a "Rifleman" fan. But my youth .22 turned out to be a .22 bolt (single shot of course).
I see a M49 now and again, all beaters, and never in the caliber that want these days, .....22 Mag.
Gunplummer
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I still have mine. I bought it used for $ 10.00 when I was kid. You would not believe how many squirrels and rabbits I got using .22 short HP bullets. I ruined the chamber firing tens of thousands of shorts. They burned a ring in the chamber and then Longs and Long Rifles got stuck in the pits and would not extract. For the way it was put together, it was really accurate, but I don't think I would build anything on it.