its a tool. you do what you need to do to get a job done.
guns are like shoes. they are designed to get dirty and walk in places bare feet would hesitate.
its why they invented mud porches. you take off your dirty shoes first, and go in the kitchen.
some guns are never used, are just worshipped, and never leave the kitchen.
I feel sorry for those guns.
your Ithaca sounds like a pair of shoes just waiting to go out into the barnyard with.
shoot the daylights out of it. your ability to hit what you aim at will be remembered by your buddies more than the crack in the stock.


Retired Military Aviation
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
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