ITHACA XL900 Value and INFO???

These guns are worth around $300.00 in pristine condition. They were not made to shoot steel, fairly decent guns but date back to around 1980.
 
Your gun likely comes with a full choke and most full choked guns do not pattern steel shells very well. Most manufacturers strongly advise against trying to shoot steel ammo though a full choke as barrel bulging is a destinct possibility. You could go to a gun smith and have him remove 3 inches from the lenth of the barrel which would open your choke some what. FS
 
Ask a gunsmith (or the Gunsmithing section) specifically about your gun and steel; 1980 could be steel compatible. But Full choke is too tight. You could do it no problems using Bismuth.
 
I've owned 3 of these guns and my buddy has 2, currently have an SKB model 1900 DU which is pretty much the same gun with 3" capability and choke tubes.
We had the barrel opened up to modified choke by a gunsmith and shoot steel shot with no problems and great success.
The ones I've bought have all been in excellent condition, priced from $400-$500 (the DU gun I have now was $600, just bought it on the site a few months ago). Great guns.
If you ever need parts, try Ron Sharp of Sharp's Guns Ltd. in Dunnville, Ontario. 905-774-6368. He told me the only part that ever needs replacing is the spring in the buttstock, about $20.
Enjoy the gun, I plan on using mine for upland and as my backup to my Browning A5 for waterfowl.
Dan
 
Canso said:
I've owned 3 of these guns and my buddy has 2, currently have an SKB model 1900 DU which is pretty much the same gun with 3" capability and choke tubes.
We had the barrel opened up to modified choke by a gunsmith and shoot steel shot with no problems and great success.
The ones I've bought have all been in excellent condition, priced from $400-$500 (the DU gun I have now was $600, just bought it on the site a few months ago). Great guns.
If you ever need parts, try Ron Sharp of Sharp's Guns Ltd. in Dunnville, Ontario. 905-774-6368. He told me the only part that ever needs replacing is the spring in the buttstock, about $20.
Enjoy the gun, I plan on using mine for upland and as my backup to my Browning A5 for waterfowl.
Dan
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Thanks for the tip on getting them repaired if necessary. I have 2 of them and had parts for one from New York about 15 years ago and was wondering how I was going to get parts for them again since the border tightened up.
Mine are only 2 3/4" and I was too hard on it with magnums beefed right up to the max.
The second one is mint and I bought it on here 6 months ago for $250.00
Had the gunsmith open up the choke to modified for $50.00
I don't know why anyone would cut 3 inches off the barrel to open it up, help me out with your train of thought.:confused:
 
reem out your barrel to open the choke. gunsmith will charge $50.00 to $60.00. it is the better option as to having your barrel cut and shortened. i've got an ithaca 1948 version originally choked mod., and have shot steel exstensively with no bulging
 
great gun, bought it for $125, used it for years til it wore out after approx 10,000 heavy duck loads, still have it.
 
I just picked up a new spring for mine and so did my buddy. They are $20 plus shipping from Sharps. He told me that this is the only part that will give owners of this gun trouble, it's the one in the tube in the stock and it pushes the bolt back into position. It gets compressed and will cause problems with cycling and even makes closing on the first shell bind up.
Now that I replaced mine, I can see a big difference. The bolt moves much crisper and my buddy said his gun now works properly (he had a problem with his bolt not getting into position to allow the hammer to strike the firing pin, trigger wouldn't release).
We're buying a spare each!
Dan
 
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