You may know how it goes. You get the chance to buy a nice Colt 1911 A1 from 1943 (bought back in 2013 at an auction).
Then you’re thinking, it’d be nice to have another maker, like a Remington Rand, coincidentally also from 1943 (bought last year from a private seller).
Eventually you’re starting to think about an Ithaca
I was visiting an LGS here in Switzerland where I seldom go, to buy specifically a .22 lr competition pistol (Hämmerli 280 )
And I remember seeing a very nice Ithaca at his booth at a gun show back in December 2019, which I even photographed. Price was a whopping $ 2900.- then
So I asked anyway if he had any Ithaca 1911A1. Turns out he had two, one in poor condition, and the one I saw at the gun show. Even better, price was now down to $ 2500.-. And it was made in 1943 I believe.
It came home with me. It is in an amazing condition, almost like new. The only “blemish” being German proof marks that were added. I think I might not shoot this one, even if it goes against my nature.
Then you’re thinking, it’d be nice to have another maker, like a Remington Rand, coincidentally also from 1943 (bought last year from a private seller).
Eventually you’re starting to think about an Ithaca
I was visiting an LGS here in Switzerland where I seldom go, to buy specifically a .22 lr competition pistol (Hämmerli 280 )
And I remember seeing a very nice Ithaca at his booth at a gun show back in December 2019, which I even photographed. Price was a whopping $ 2900.- then
So I asked anyway if he had any Ithaca 1911A1. Turns out he had two, one in poor condition, and the one I saw at the gun show. Even better, price was now down to $ 2500.-. And it was made in 1943 I believe.
It came home with me. It is in an amazing condition, almost like new. The only “blemish” being German proof marks that were added. I think I might not shoot this one, even if it goes against my nature.
