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My F-I-L has just acquired one of these.
26" bbls IC/MOD and pretty decent wood.
Should make a handy little grouse gun.
This one does have the "nice" day-glo pink raybar bead.
Does anyone know if any of the aftermarket brass beads
will fit this model? I'm assuming the ray-bar is threaded,
and not soldered/epoxied in, am I correct?
Thanks in advance,
-jim
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I believe the thread on your Raybar is 6-48. At least it is on all Ithaca made guns of the era. That said, any sight with that tread will work. Please send my you Raybar when you replace it.
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Walter,
Thank you for offering your Ithaca expertise on this.
IF we do end up replacing the raybar with
a conventional brass bead, my intention was to keep it with
the gun since it appears to be the original. If time comes to
move the gun along (doubtful as it is a sweet little piece),
I'll replace it back with the raybar.
Good to know that you are looking for these though,
I will keep you in mind if my plans change.
BTW, Do you know what the factory finish on the wood was?
Serial # is 5120XXX. This gun is so clean, I'm assuming it has been refinished.
And what is the finish on the BBls? Looks like it should stand up quite well to the elements.
Only ding against this gun is the hairline cracks forming at the head of the stock
between the semi-circles above and below.
I reckon my best course of action is to glass bed and make sure the thru-bolt
stays tight?
Thanks again Walter.
-jim
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Best used gun, dollar for dollar, on the market. I remember when they were selling for about $180 new and wish I had bought a dozen to give away now. .
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I have one for you. PM me. My 200E's are sporting ivory now so I have two that came off mine. The threads are the same as yours.
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Twister's Pa, that must be a 12ga if it has 26" barrels. All the short barreled 20's were 25". The short barreled 20ga 100's are pretty popular with grouse hunters because they are extremely light.
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Larry Brown,
Sorry should have stated that yes, it is a 12.
Don't have a postal scale at the house, but it seems
awful light and handy to me. Should be pretty good for
stomping through the thick stuff.
And an awful lot of shotgun for what my F-I-L paid.
Was the original wood finish on these a hard, high-gloss
like on the Brownings/Winchesters of the same era?
This gun must've been refinished.
If so they sure did a nice job on it.
-jim
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Mine is fine! (20 ga. M100, 25" barrels, 5 lb. 12 oz.). Great Grouse gun for an old guy to carry all day in the woods. The metal on the SKB M100, etc. was finished with black chrome, a very sturdy finish. Bores are chrome plated. I have seen stocks both high gloss and a softer finish. Factory apparently used both at different times. Some of these SKB's had painted on grain. Check before you strip! You might wind up with a very plain piece of wood if you don't.
I second King Brown on the relative value of this gun. Both the SKB and Miroku sxs guns can be great values.
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