doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Hammerguns are trouble, darn it.

So how do I transform the link to a nice picture? I am clueless.

You have to upload each image separately-I’m guessing you tried to upload the album.

If you’d like, email me the images and I’ll upload it for you. Teaching computer stuff isn’t my strong suit.

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Best,
Ted

LP: pre-98 guns are far-easier to deal with (and when I'm deliberately looking that's where I focus my efforts). Oh well, let's try to shoot them sometime.

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Best,
Ted

Thanks Ted!

Ithaca doubles are very under appreciated. I know they built guns, mostly to a slightly lower price point, than the other bigger named American makers, but they were great values for their cost. Solid guns, which have lasted a century or more. Great find and I see why it followed you home. I too have been a victim of a gun almost forcing me to take it home. I feel your pain.

With qualifications. NID, yes, Flues, not so much. I’ve seen Nitros that looked like they doubled as canoe paddles and tripled as hammers for shoeing horses, and the damn things still worked.

Old bicycles, spinning reels of my youth, homeless guns and the tools of those close to me, who no longer need them, all seem to find their way, here.

Best,
Ted

KY Jon: And even worse...this gun is redundant in my line-up.

What caused me to close the deal on this gun is two things (well, maybe 3?)....32-inch Damascus tubes w/great chokes, remarkably good overall condition, and then such a meager price for this 124-year old and uniquely American-made artifact.

I wouldn't say that I'm glutted with guns quite yet, but I am getting close. Considering all of the hoops that these Colorado commies made me jump-through for this one, I sincerely hope it was worth it.

Edit to add: While these Ithaca's were admittedly built to a lower price-point, this one has some nice features. Those very long and extra-heavy tubes should be a boon to use on any clays course, moreover the hammer springs on this unit are simply lovely (and as I mentioned earlier, the firing pins fully retract). Neither of my other two hammer guns do that and both are from more well-respected lineages (the hammers on my '01 Smith do not cock anywhere near as smoothly [& one is simply a bear at times]).

I may have to hire a "gun-bearer" to lug the thing around for me (or rent a golf cart) but how often do you find something this old (and frankly, this unusual {whoever heard of a "double-thick breech" before this one?}) that is still fully-serviceable and that requires zero modifications for use in the present day? Most of the American-made hammer-guns I've run across over the years are pretty used-up (they were simple guns that were all used very hard) and many have way too-much drop for my now-contemporary tastes. This one could still surprise me, but I doubt it (as I gave it a fairly serious once-over before ponying-up) and it had that "magical-effect" that so-many of my better shooters do for me....it "spoke to me" when I threw it up to my shoulder.

Always a good sign.

i have come to believe that it's worthwhile to stop and rummage through the black gun dealers stocks....i have bought two nice doubles (one a dougall lockfast) from such shops at favorable prices in the past couple years. doubtlessly brought in to trade by folks intent on getting some super-duper autoloader handgun - they bring "some old gun" to trade. they don't know, or care about it - and neither does the proprietor - so he allows them a pittance....and may very well pass an expectational low price on to the first "sucker" who shows interest in this old curiosity.

best regards,

tom

Exactly I have found the same deals for most of my favorite doubles. One even mailed the gun I purchased in a mint London best oak and leather case from 1900 without mentioning or charging me for it. Gotta love an AR Glock kinda place!