I had one. It was an absolutely great shotgun. Never failed. Easy to carry. Just kind of outgrew it. I shortened the stock quite a bit and added a good recoil pad. Sent the barrel away to Briley and had it cut to (can't remember now) maybe 22' and had it threaded for their thinwall chokes. My young 12-16 yr old son shot the crap out of that thing and never missed a beat. Lots of sporting clays. Great little shotgun. Gone now sadly.
Ithaca xl900 12ga
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One thing never ASKED of the poster, what is the purpose, just some hunting birds , skeet?
should be fine, a trap gun, not unless it is a " trap model", Canada Geese, there are better ones for steel shot, unless it is already set up for steel.
They are well made guns, for what I use them for , they are great, informal use, no steel shot. I would say 300.oo would be a fair price, Dealers may have 400.oo on it.
They don't sell well in this area.
should be fine, a trap gun, not unless it is a " trap model", Canada Geese, there are better ones for steel shot, unless it is already set up for steel.
They are well made guns, for what I use them for , they are great, informal use, no steel shot. I would say 300.oo would be a fair price, Dealers may have 400.oo on it.
They don't sell well in this area.
What was the difference in their trap model. Wood, barrel and the engraving was all I can remember. I thought the adjustable gas was on only on the 3" ones so the 2 3/4 design wise were the same were they not
Kind of like saying a field grade super x1 or 1100 will not do well on a trap field which we know the answer to that
Cheers
I found Spanks comments on it also who did more trap shooting than all of us combined when we discussed this gun before
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Put a million and a half rounds thru a Ithaca XL900. Absolutely awesome gun. Still running today I believe.
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Now there is a true "exaggeration"! I had an Ithica XL 900 I bought new around 1983? It didn't survive one summer of trap shooting using nothing but 3 dram target loads! I don't think it had more than 2500 rounds through it and it was a write off. It still looked ok but it sounded like a rattle can when you picked it up. It never got to see it's actual use I bought it for, duck hunting. I had to sell it and buy something else.
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That is debatable who is mindless here on this subject. You love them GREAT it shows like I love Superx1's but I cannot make them what they are not . In the day the 300/900 were seen and sold as a cheap semi compared to the others they went against
Store was ellwood epps yearly catalog
Anyone that buys one in 2019 for more than that without being into them deserves what they get an old design with limited applications it can be used for, that few want, and hard to get parts for
Did you even read the OP last post not a gun I would recommend for him. His money is better spent towards a modern semi
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All the comments are very helpful. It is a gun I know nothing about so I appreciate it. Typically I am a person who would by a new gun, buying these older guns is definitely of interest to me, but out of my norm.
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Humm seems I am not the only one here mindless for $300. Google?? vs members feedback here why am I not shocked from you
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/708603-XL900-12-ga-Auto-Shotgun?highlight=xl900
Time to move on for me
Cheers
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I had no idea the XL900 was offered as a trap model. The ones I was exposed to were field guns. I stand corrected.
Darryl
I may be wrong but seem to recall them. Will have to check
Cheers
Yep in the 72 catalog for sure field, skeet, trap and slug grades
In the 74 catalog also
https://www.skbshotguns.com/pdf/ITHACA-74.pdf
Not my words looking quickly
The "Trap" version I have has a 30" VR barrel marked IMPM and 2 3/4" chamber. No gas adjustment valve unlike the 12's and 20ga's I have with 3" chambers. Stock is a high comb stepped monte carlo type, the receiver is all gloss black with extensive floral "engraving". Very different to the etched game scenes on the silver/aluminum XL 900's.
Forearm and pistol grip are press checkered with fleur de lis accents, plain french walnut with brass insert,glued black white line pistol grip cap. Taper choke with .028" constriction.
That one has enhanced wood and pressed checkering exactly like I described in my original post on the subject. I would pay nothing for it like I already mentioned, but someone might pay $300 for it.
I have been watching for nice one to add to my collection for a year now but they all are going for $450 or more. One of the examples I have must be getting tired although it is still going strong. I should have bought another in 2010 or 2012 when they were cheap like in your link. I also should have picked up another SKB 100, 500 when they were 6 or $700 a few years back as a really nice example is over $1000 now.
Again mindless and please do move on as it is obviously you that can’t let something go in spite of a lack of knowledge. Hopefully from this fact finding google search you have been on you at least know how one operates now.
Ok let's see your first post would be No. 5 which said
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In good condition a standard XL900 (30 inch full) would be worth between $300 and $400, VG $450 and in excellent condition $500. NIB or as new might fetch a little more to the right buyer. Missed where you would pay nothing , Christ even me would pay $300
You won't pay 450 LOL for a nice one must be some collection you have
Yep that I agree on with respect to my lack of knowledge on these since I didnot buy or keep cheap vintage semi auto's or waste time working on them. They were $200 bucks new and even then few spent any additional cash to keep them running and yes there were skeet and trap models here not seen as rare either
Lack of knowledge on other vintage semi's TRY me
For me life is too short to own cheap guns especially vintage ones.
But hey like I have been saying to each their own
Cheers
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Ok let's see your first post would be No. 5 which said
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In good condition a standard XL900 (30 inch full) would be worth between $300 and $400, VG $450 and in excellent condition $500. NIB or as new might fetch a little more to the right buyer.
You won't pay 450 LOL for a nice one must be some collection you have
Yep that I agree on with respect to my lack of knowledge on these since I didnot buy or keep cheap vintage semi auto's or waste time working on them. They were $200 bucks new and even then few spent any additional cash to keep them running
Lack of knowledge on other vintage semi's TRY me
For me life is too short to own cheap guns especially vintage ones.
But hey like I have been saying to each their own
Cheers
I know you can read as obviously that is where you get your information. Here is also from my first post #5
“To make things even more complicated, they came with different checkering and wood quality. The hand checkered models with French type walnut are head and shoulders above the pressed checkered models. They also went through a time where some enhancing of the wood was done. Not as bad as Beretta’s “extra wood” but pretty tacky. The pressed checkering and enhanced wood drops the value to near nil IMO but some don’t seemed to be bothered by it.”
And yes I am cheap and a model would have to be extraordinary for me to go 450 or 500 but only because I already have nice examples. You say you are going to move on yet you continue to mindlessly contradict.
Why are you telling me what they came with when I can see every original catalog and see for my self
Those are 100% correct you not so much
Here fix this link. One of the better write ups I have seen which you may enjoy
ht tps://www.riflemagazine.com/magazine/PDF/ri68partial.pdf
Take care
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You should go back and read your posts sometime. Your issues go well beyond shotgunning and I am certainly not qualified to help you with that.
When I say I am done, I am actually done. I am done. You won the internet.
Come on. This is not personnel so why now are you going there. F'k who has the issues. I wonder
We are sharing opinions nothing more on an old gun which it seems upsets you if one doesn't wave your flag
Sad for sure
I should have just said to the Op in my first post unless it is free or a few hundred bucks stay the f'k away from it and put your cash into a better more modern semi if you are not into these now
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Buddy, it never ends with him. Take my advice and put him on ignore...he is the very definition of passive aggressive and needing the last word. The only downside of ignore is that every thread has 10 blank entries or people quote him.
Good advice from the guy that pokes me every chance he gets. It is called " Having American Blood" I guess and sorry I find that hard to change
If one posts enough here I am sure this BS between a few members will occur with some who could be butt hurt and have axes to grind from past threads like the fiber optic one and you from all my posts shotgun related A400 being the last one
No fear. There will be no more from me on this thread
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Like 3macs1 I to have been selling and repairing and building rifles since 1977 and have owned shot and fixed about everything out there They are ok guns at best the receivers and bolts crack along with a few other inhairent issues . As for the recurgarated internet babble it really dos not count . All that bring said if you pay more than 250-275 for it you have paid to much . Carry on boys
Wow! Another SKB XL900 sold off the EE in that $450-$500 range. That's 4 in a row at +/- $500 including a 20 gauge that I bought. There have also been a couple sold on other forums in the same price range. Must be a very large cult or a lot of misinformed buyers out there.
I was going to offer the guys half their asking price but I didn't want to look like a low balling idiot.
I was going to offer the guys half their asking price but I didn't want to look like a low balling idiot.
gunsaholic
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Lots of misinformed buyers!
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X2....I bought one new as a teenager. One season at the trap & skeet club and it sounded like a rattle paint can inside when you picked it up and moved it around. I sold it before waterfowl season began at the end of that summer and never looked back.
