Make Ithaca Stakeouts Again
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I wish they would make the forend with the strap like they use to do, with a rubber grip like pachmayr used to make.
Here's mine btw.
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You can special order the parts.
Call Zak 419-294-4113 or zamert@ithacagun.com. It's a special order item. They also have the Choate grips. I found a Pachmayr grip in the bargain bin at a gun shop.
I wish they would make the forend with the strap like they use to do, with a rubber grip like pachmayr used to make.
Here's mine btw.
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Have you ever verified the serial number with Ithaca to see if it left the factory like that or was just built. I was talking to Dave that owns Ithaca at SHOT and he said that most of them on the auction sites are just made up clones. He was joking that he should make some up and sell them at stupid prices. It would be cool if you got some provenance on the shotgun.
Real easy from Dave to say that without any proof, i don't have to prove anything to you or anyone, and your opinion or Dave opinion doesn't worth sit to me!
If you think my gun is a fake it's up to you to prove it, not me buddy.
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No I don't know, that's why I'm curious.
The fact is there is not much information out there about stakeout's and since you actually own one, I figured you might be one of the more knowledgeable people on CGN......?
I think our rules are a bit silly when it comes to barrel lengths, and I have no desire to prove anything regarding your shotgun.
If I was interested in buying it from you I would ask more questions as like it or not are silly rules do apply to the law abiding among us.
Not sure why you wouldn't want to know if the serial numbers match a factory made stakeout, but it wouldn't matter technically as long as the barrel came from an original stakeout and has not been shortened after it left the factory.
Usually the Ithaca choke engravings are just to the right of the roll marks but they are fairly faint engravings.
What's the finish on yours? I'm just curious, nothing to prove.
Edit, I just checked for choke markings on a 20" DSPS barrel that looks to have a similar finish as yours Mcoy and it also has no choke engravings on the barrel. Quick eyeball measurement with a ruler and it seems like it might be a modified choke but I will have to check it with a micrometer.
The fact is there is not much information out there about stakeout's and since you actually own one, I figured you might be one of the more knowledgeable people on CGN......?
I think our rules are a bit silly when it comes to barrel lengths, and I have no desire to prove anything regarding your shotgun.
If I was interested in buying it from you I would ask more questions as like it or not are silly rules do apply to the law abiding among us.
Not sure why you wouldn't want to know if the serial numbers match a factory made stakeout, but it wouldn't matter technically as long as the barrel came from an original stakeout and has not been shortened after it left the factory.
Usually the Ithaca choke engravings are just to the right of the roll marks but they are fairly faint engravings.
What's the finish on yours? I'm just curious, nothing to prove.
Edit, I just checked for choke markings on a 20" DSPS barrel that looks to have a similar finish as yours Mcoy and it also has no choke engravings on the barrel. Quick eyeball measurement with a ruler and it seems like it might be a modified choke but I will have to check it with a micrometer.
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I'm not trying to start anything. I'm just curious. I have in the past phone the manufacture and asked what configuration my firearm has left the factory. Most of them keep precise records. They can even tell you what day it was made. I have 2 shorty barrels that I bought at a auction for $86ea and they have the same markings.
I have a copy of Walt Snyder's Ithaca Featherlight Repeaters sitting beside me, and while I can't quite make out the entire serial number, it appears to be in the correct range for a Stakeout and has the correct HG marking, denoting Hand Grip, following it.
The Hand Grip was a riot length barrel PGO model from which the Stakeout was derived.
The Hand Grip was a riot length barrel PGO model from which the Stakeout was derived.
Brutus
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Superbly easy to prove one way or another.
If its a factory original Stakeout, the shotgun receiver will display a HG suffix integrated with the serial number. This is short form for hand guard, not hand gun.
This information is printed in Walter Snyder's book entitled Ithaca Repeating Shotguns.
cheers
Ithaca really needs to market their products better
For example I was impressed at how they machine the entire barrel and lug from a single block of steel, no brazing, or how they source their wood blanks from the local Amish.
Its details like that that I'd be emphasizing if I had any say over there.
For example I was impressed at how they machine the entire barrel and lug from a single block of steel, no brazing, or how they source their wood blanks from the local Amish.
Its details like that that I'd be emphasizing if I had any say over there.
