Ithaca shotguns

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Never handled an Ithaca, or even seen one close up. What's the general take on this brand as far as fit & finish, reliability, etc.?
 
There's excellent if you're left-handed. With their downward ejection the hulls don't go flying in front of your face after racking a fresh round. Also the downward ejection is a little more foul weather friendly for hunting purposes.
Both of mine swing well. They also have interchangeable barrels available.
 
My favorite gun in the world is my Ithaca 37 field model. I have many other guns that I love, but I just can't miss with the 37. It ain't beautiful to look at (been around the block a time or two), but put it to your shoulder and swing it, and you will know perfection. If you are built like I am anyway.

Fit and finish on a like new old one is beautiful. I have not seen any of the new production models as of yet, but I would wager that they are better than most for the price.

Mine has never jammed. I do not care to think about how many times I have fired it. I bought it used about 10 years ago.

Find one and put it to your shoulder. You might just like it.
 
Ithaca also made SxS and O/U back in the day.

The Model 37 was a JMB design. It was first made by somebody else (Rem?) then when the patent lapsed Ithaca began making them. Excellent gun.
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for duck hunting from a boat, there isn't a finer gun... you don't have to chase your hulls overboard... they fall right into the boat...

they are a FINE weapon... everybody oughtta have at least 1... (mines a Featherweight 20 Ga., circa 1950's)
 
I've got one in riot gun configuration (someone cut down a 30" full barrel :( ), and I like it, but it's got a weird manual of arms if you're used to something like an 870. You can't just throw a shell into the ejection port and close the action, so everything has to feed from the mag.
 
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