Ithaca's Dunnville, Ontario assembly plant

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According to Walt Snyder via Shotgunworld...

A thumb nail history of the Dunnville, Ontario plant.
It opened the Spring of 1964 and closed in early 1978. They started assembling Model 49Rs and shipping them back to Ithaca. Later assembled M-37. M-49 and M-66 guns. Mostly assembled guns from parts sent from Ithaca and mostly M-37s. Guns assembled in Dunnville will have the letter "C" stamped inside the receiver.

One of my Model 100's is Dunnville stamped, but I'm told this only reflected import for the Canadian market.


Here's a piece I came across:
 
Ithaca filled up a tractor trailer with the entire Dunnville parts inventory and tried a midnight move to NY, but got stopped at the border due to lack of paperwork. That created the opportunity for Ron Sharp to buy the whole truck load.
 
ninepointer said:
Ithaca filled up a tractor trailer with the entire Dunnville parts inventory and tried a midnight move to NY, but got stopped at the border due to lack of paperwork. That created the opportunity for Ron Sharp to buy the whole truck load.
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Neat story too bad another Canadian manufacturer bit the dust
 
They were not a manufacture they assembled firearms gevarm did the same thing in Saskatoon at about the same time period assembled firearms and had a ammunition factory where they actually produced ammo they closed about the same time maybe a little earlier . After it closed we use to go play in all the old warehouses
 
struff55 said:
They were not a manufacture they assembled firearms gevarm did the same thing in Saskatoon at about the same time period assembled firearms and had a ammunition factory where they actually produced ammo they closed about the same time maybe a little earlier . After it closed we use to go play in all the old warehouses
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Still unfortunate they could not maintain a presence..
 
Thanks for shareing that picture of the double barrel shotgun . I've never seen one of those before. I picked up some parts - Ithaca parts for a reasonable price at the Rodchester gun show many years ago from a guy who used to work at the plant in NY. buddy was like an open book of informantion . and as I said good prices to boot . Ron Sharpe is a nice guy also . just deal straight with him and you'll get the same in return .
 
cement head said:
Thanks for shareing that picture of the double barrel shotgun . I've never seen one of those before. I picked up some parts - Ithaca parts for a reasonable price at the Rodchester gun show many years ago from a guy who used to work at the plant in NY. buddy was like an open book of informantion . and as I said good prices to boot . Ron Sharpe is a nice guy also . just deal straight with him and you'll get the same in return .
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Here's the rest of the gun:


In addition to having Dunnville, Ont. stamped on it, this gun differs from later Model 100's in that:
1. The outside finish is blued, not black chrome (after 1967 they were black-chromed); and
2. It has one under-bolt instead of two (after 1969 they had 2 under-bolts).
Like all the Model 100's/200's, this one has chrome-lined barrels.
 
I have a 300xl that my dad passed down to me that's stamped dunnville as well and its the best shotgun I have ever owned. I have also dealt with Ron Sharp before too and he is a very nice guy and extremely knowledgeable about ithacas.
 
I never would have checked my gun if I hadn't seen this thread.
My Ithaca Saddlegun model 72 lever action 22 also has Dunnville marked on it. It says "Made in West Germany" on the other side.

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Thanks, I just learned something. I knew of Ithaca's the Model 49 lever-action .22 single shot, but I'd never heard of the Model 72 before. I wonder who the West German manufacturer was?
BTW, that gun looks in out-of-box shape! How do you like it?

EDIT: A quick Google search tells me... "The original Ithaca Made guns didnt work , and were recalled and replaced by the German built guns for Ithaca By Erma Werke, W.Germany from 1973-1978..."
 
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I just bought this gun on the EE for too much :) Buddy has one and its always shot excellent and is very accurate. I doubt this one has been shot much or at all. Very smooth and tight. I do plan to shoot it, really looking forward to it!
I read on the internet (so it must be true) that the German made model 72 is similar to the Henry 22 being sold now.
 
Canso said:
I just bought this gun on the EE for too much :) Buddy has one and its always shot excellent and is very accurate. I doubt this one has been shot much or at all. Very smooth and tight. I do plan to shoot it, really looking forward to it!
I read on the internet (so it must be true) that the German made model 72 is similar to the Henry 22 being sold now.
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Yes, very similar with a couple of minor differences. I decided to take mine down using a guide for the Henry. I had it all apart, except for one little part that did not match the guide. I thought to myself, I'll just pull that out; how bad could it be, right? And that's how tiny parts get launched across the room.

I thought it was all over for the gun, but I managed to find an old exploded view of the parts for the Ithaca, in order to determine exactly what I was looking for. Two parts: a tiny spring, and a little steel ball bearing type thing, about the size of the ball in a pen. After some careful searching, my wife found the ball. That was almost too good to be true. Then I recalled the sound that I heard when the parts launched, and I remembered that something hit my laptop. I looked down, and there was the tiny spring, sitting on the keyboard.

The good development out of this is that about 20 some odd years after I started shooting the thing, I figured out how the safety worked. :D
 
ninepointer said:
Thanks, I just learned something. I knew of Ithaca's the Model 49 lever-action .22 single shot, but I'd never heard of the Model 72 before. I wonder who the West German manufacturer was?
BTW, that gun looks in out-of-box shape! How do you like it?

EDIT: A quick Google search tells me... "The original Ithaca Made guns didnt work , and were recalled and replaced by the German built guns for Ithaca By Erma Werke, W.Germany from 1973-1978..."
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The Ithaca Model 49 single shot worked well.It was the Ithaca Model 49R repeater that had the problems.
 
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