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Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca #237425 07/31/11 12:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,403 Likes: 17 Pennsylvania Walter C. Snyder OP Sidelock
OP Walter C. Snyder Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,403 Likes: 17 Pennsylvania	I am researching a Grade 4 Flues 20 gauge that happens to also be a swamped rib gun. The interesting inscription on the initial plate is "Geo. Penn, Danville, VA. A quick ancestry.com search reveals a lot of Penns in the Danville area and mention of a Penn plantation. I was wondering if any of the Virginia Vintagers had any knowledge of the Penn family? The gun is about 1919. Last edited by Walter C. Snyder; 07/31/11 12:42 PM. Walter c. Snyder
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Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Walter C. Snyder #237426 07/31/11 12:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 885 Likes: 5 SW NYS Bob Jurewicz Sidelock
Bob Jurewicz Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 885 Likes: 5 SW NYS	Walt, That looks like a real beauty!!!! Bob Jurewicz

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Walter C. Snyder #237436 07/31/11 01:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 The Great State of Tennessee HomelessjOe Sidelock
HomelessjOe Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 The Great State of Tennessee	Can't understand the excitement over anything Ithaca made...

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Walter C. Snyder #237444 07/31/11 03:26 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,941 Likes: 19 Georgia bbman3 Sidelock
bbman3 Sidelock Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,941 Likes: 19 Georgia	Walt,that ia a fine looking Ithaca. Bobby

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Walter C. Snyder #237445 07/31/11 03:29 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,598 IL PeteM Sidelock
PeteM Sidelock Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,598 IL	Walt, I found this. http://hagen.familyfiles.info/6975.htm Apparently the business is still around. He was a tobacco dealer. Pete http://www.damascus-barrels.com/Movie.html

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Walter C. Snyder #237446 07/31/11 03:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,403 Likes: 17 Pennsylvania Walter C. Snyder OP Sidelock
OP Walter C. Snyder Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,403 Likes: 17 Pennsylvania	Pete, Thank you very much. Daryl also sent me a lead to a law suit among the Penn aires. I will get up with the Dannville Historical Society/library and see if I can find a living descendant. Many thanks!! Walter c. Snyder

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Walter C. Snyder #237453 07/31/11 04:28 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan Run With The Fox Sidelock
Run With The Fox Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan	I dunno about old Joe's comment- I cleaned and stripped a 10 hammer NIG circa 1906 (listed as a parts sale item on another sector here- was very impressed with the machining and fit and design of this boxlock hammer gun- I also recently acquired a Flues 20 Grade 1 in near Mint shape circa 1911- and a Flues Grade 2 28 also in VG plus shape- made in 1914-- light, well balanced, easy to cock, sweet triggers, good balance--and am dealing on a 12 NID with single trigger 28" M&F-- I like that Ithaca used a numerical system for their chokes too- Now if we only had a Ithaca Collectors Assn. website as do the Parkeristas, the Smith-son-ians and the Foxy Ladies do- ah yessss!!! "The field is the touchstone of the man"..

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Run With The Fox #237455 07/31/11 04:31 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 The Great State of Tennessee HomelessjOe Sidelock
HomelessjOe Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 The Great State of Tennessee	I'll vote for you to be their leader...

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca HomelessjOe #237458 07/31/11 04:48 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan Run With The Fox Sidelock
Run With The Fox Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan	Thanks Joe- but No- if that were the case, nobody would join. "The field is the touchstone of the man"..

Re: Geo. R. Penn's Ithaca Walter C. Snyder #237468 07/31/11 06:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,814 Likes: 2 Great State of Kansas Last Dollar Sidelock
Last Dollar Sidelock Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,814 Likes: 2 Great State of Kansas	Dang! RWTF has a sense of humor!
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