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canvasback said:
Wow. That is quite the piece of wood on that gun. For me, about as nice looking as black walnut gets.
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Falconflyer said:
Very nice Spank, congratulations!
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Pinfire said:
I've never been much of a fan of American doubles, and even less of a fan of American gun engraving... But, I think your 'new ' gun, Spank, is a wonderful example of terrific engraving. No mixed styles, no useless scratches and filler, just gorgeous, consistent Art Nouveau style, perfectly suited to the shape of the action. Fantastic decoration.

And while I own a few 'clanking machines' and a few overy-undery types, nothing comes close to the feel of a properly built and balanced side-by-side. Double triggers? Even better.

What a superb set, perfect for the field.
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Cow Town Bill said:
I like your Ithaca, Spank. High grade Ithaca's are fairly uncommon here in Canada. The stock work is particularly good.
I'm sure you will harvest lots of birds with it this fall.
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Ashcroft said:
Well ain’t that a sweetie? As previously stated, high grade classic American doubles are very scarce in Canada, this gun is truly special. That’s a gorgeous piece of wood for the butt stock, as a blank the price of that would make your eyes water. Over the years I’ve had 2-3 of these high grade Ithacas, this one has the nicest wood. This was a custom order when new, the original owner could have had the two sets of barrels struck ( profiled) to match in balance if he wanted, even though the weight might differ. Oh, the prairie chickens will hate this one!
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Thank you very, very much for the kind words gentleman. I read your posts in here and learn a great deal from them. Heaping your praise on my purchase is very much appreciated. I feel that I did better than I believed. Thank you so much!
 
Beautiful piece absolutely :) for sure and after perusing the Holts auction in the UK there are some still around.
 
This is making me antsy! Chris Dawe has been doing some work on a Ferlach made 16 gauge for me. Sent it to him right after the Upper Canada Classic in June. Now I'm getting "in process" pics and can't wait to see the finished result!
 
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This is making me antsy! Chris Dawe has been doing some work on a Ferlach made 16 gauge for me. Sent it to him right after the Upper Canada Classic in June. Now I'm getting "in process" pics and can't wait to see the finished result!
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His work is simply fantastic. We were messaging today and I'm going to send him the NID for a thorough strip down, cleaning, lubing, a bit of freshening up cosmetically and anything he feels needs doing before taking it to the field this fall.
 
Well I would show Pics but imagur is "overloaded " temporarily.Suffice to say I came upon an Ithaca SKB 200E 20g at the BC Provincials for sale and it was in "as new" condition. From what I can piece together after I believe it is 1972 vintage, barrels choked M & F 3".The 28" barrels did it for me a beautiful piece was from a collection of a departed gent who had an eye.The barrel selector on the trigger was truly different as well.
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Nice looking gun reddog.
The 200E that I had was 12 ga and had short barrels, 24 or 26 inch maybe, can't remember, it didn't handle too bad but it was a bit whippy. The 12 ga 100 that I had was 28 inch and handled nicely. I won a guided pheasant shoot in BC one time and showed up with the 100 and shot 8 birds with 8 shells, the guide was impressed since a lot of the clients are new or don't shoot much. I might have kept the 200E if it had 28 inch barrels.
 
Ashcroft said:
Those Ithaca/SKB’s are nice guns, under appreciated. Personally I prefer them to the BSS, especially in a 20.
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I have a BSS in 20 and I had an SKB in 20 , I would tend to agree that the SKB handles nicer. That's not to say that I don't like the BSS, I'm used to a heavy sporting clays gun so the extra weight of the BSS works for me.
 
Well my Ithaca arrived at Chris's yessterday. He called me as he was inspecting the gun upon unboxing it and we went over a game plan. We discussed a few different things Chris thought would do the gun some justice and of course I'll end up spending a bit more than I had intended but I'll have a gun that I'll be happier with aesthetically in the long run and turn around time will be quick. Chris suggested replacing the screws as the slots are chewed up a bit so he is going to make a new set and have the engravings on them done to match the originals. He is going to have Oskar CCH the receiver, top lever and other parts that were CCH from new. He said the deep relief engraving would really look good with a new CCH finish. He felt the barrels, trigger guard and forend irons should be reblued so we are going forward with all that and he expressed the wood required nothing but said he would give it a freshening up. He seemed to think the old fellow that owned the gun may not have shot it after having Chris restock a few years back as he said there was absolutely no handling marks in the woods finish. He also indicated he may have to replace the ivory beads if the originals could not be saved during the metal restoration process and he is going to send the triggers out to have the gold finish replated. I'll be anxious now to get it back and take some "after" photos with it laid out next to a limit of big greenheads.
 
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Husqvarna model 1400. Made by FAIR. Very limited amount produced.
 

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the spank said:
Well my Ithaca arrived at Chris's yessterday. He called me as he was inspecting the gun upon unboxing it and we went over a game plan. We discussed a few different things Chris thought would do the gun some justice and of course I'll end up spending a bit more than I had intended but I'll have a gun that I'll be happier with aesthetically in the long run and turn around time will be quick. Chris suggested replacing the screws as the slots are chewed up a bit so he is going to make a new set and have the engravings on them done to match the originals. He is going to have Oskar CCH the receiver, top lever and other parts that were CCH from new. He said the deep relief engraving would really look good with a new CCH finish. He felt the barrels, trigger guard and forend irons should be reblued so we are going forward with all that and he expressed the wood required nothing but said he would give it a freshening up. He seemed to think the old fellow that owned the gun may not have shot it after having Chris restock a few years back as he said there was absolutely no handling marks in the woods finish. He also indicated he may have to replace the ivory beads if the originals could not be saved during the metal restoration process and he is going to send the triggers out to have the gold finish replated. I'll be anxious now to get it back and take some "after" photos with it laid out next to a limit of big greenheads.
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That gun is going to look great frank!
 
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