2013 Catalog Made in the USA Ithaca Gun Company offers customizing for your Ithaca firearm to make it unique and personal. Custom Engraving is perfect for special interest, organizations, shooting clubs, conservation societies, retirement gifts and family of sportsmen. Our receivers can be your canvas to illustrate your personal symbol. If you have a picture of special image you would like on a shotgun, our skilled machinist will bring it to life! Call Ithaca today for your custom engraving quote. 1-877-648-4222 Approximate lead time for custom engraving is 8 weeks. We strongly suggest this much lead time for custom orders for birthdays, banquets, anniversaries, holidays, etc. The complexity of the design will determine the time frame. 420 North Warpole Street Upper Sandusky, OH 43351 www.ithacagun.com Made in the U.S.A. Dear Friends, Our Journey began in 2007 when our ownership acquired the assets of These are the corners that cannot be cut if we are to produce a truly Ithaca Gun Company to fulfill our vision of building the finest American unique firearm that will not only last you a lifetime, but can be passed made firearm. We continued to use the methods of old but soon realized on for generations. Today, we are still responding to customers’ that to achieve our goals we needed to manufacture all of our parts needs. We have developed new capabilities, in both new and existing in house. To that end we invested heavily in new CNC equipment and products. Our goal, however, remains the same: offer the best products experienced personnel. At Ithaca the craftsmanship and pride that goes with unmatched customer service. Yes, we remain traditional in some into every firearm is a reflection of the employees working on it, from ways; our firearms are hand fitted and if you call the factory, a person the solid block of high-grade steel for the receiver the component parts answers the phone, but we see these things as important parts of our machined to precise dimensional tolerances and the final assembly heritage. Table of Contents by true gunsmiths. Every firearm is proof tested before it leaves the We thank you for your support in continuing the tradition of Ithaca. factory assuring you of the pride and quality of the finest American Introduction ....................................................................................2 made products. Sincerely, History .............................................................................................4 Barrels ..............................................................................................6 .45 Caliber 1911 ...............................................................................8 Model 37 David Dlubak, President Featherlight .................................................................................10 About the Cover: Waterfowl ...................................................................................12 Pat Gamby’s studio is located near Mount Victory, TurkeySlayer ................................................................................14 Ohio. She is best known for her scenes of rural life and DeerSlayer ..................................................................................16 animals. The cover art,”Shotzy and Red,” is an original Home Defense ............................................................................18 egg tempera painting of a classic pheasant hunt with Tactical ........................................................................................20 Ithaca Gun Company owner, Dave Dlubak’s, very own hunting dogs. Signed, numbered, and titled Limited Gun Specifications .......................................................................22 Edition giclee prints will be available for sale, Service Information ......................................................................29 visit www.PatGamby.com. 1. A Stock We have one aim: To make the best pump action Receivers Stocks and Forends shotguns on the planet. Our receivers are still machined from a block of solid steel, just as they were Starting with properly dried American Black Walnut blanks that have in the 70s. We use CNC machining centers to produce gun components that been air dried for optimal strength and stability, Ithaca processes each Our process starts in the hands of skilled engineers who model the gun in achieve a higher level of uniformity and parts interchangeability than in any stock with modern cnc equipment. Solid models developed in Engineering state-of-the-art 3D CAD software. Creating our blueprints for the machining Ithaca firearm before it. And, because Americans are great at making things, provide our Programmers with what they need to produce the best possible floor in this way ensures that interference between parts is minimized and every part of our gun is manufactured and assembled in the USA. cut checkered stocks. The color is rich red-brown with pleasing grain and that the action of your M37 is smooth right out of the box. figure; the checkering is laser cut for a consistent look and feel. Hand Ithaca in New York relied on well over thirty processes located at different finishing ensures that each piece is worthy of the Ithaca name. work centers for the production of the Model 37 receiver. Good guns were The comb and pitch of the semi-pistol stock for the Featherlight and AA Stock made in this fashion, but many of them required additional hand fitting in Ultralight have been carefully considered to facilitate targeting and order to go together correctly and varied significantly from piece to piece. reduce upward recoil. The comb height of the monte carlo stock on the At Ithaca Gun Company of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, our programmers and Deerslayers II and III has been optimized for scope use, but is still not too machinists have consolidated these many steps into cuts that are executed high for getting down on the open sights of the Deerslayer II. We have by machine tools with surgical accuracy. Our new guns cycle as though they chosen stock dimensions that are comfortable for the greatest range of have been “worn in” already, and replacement parts will fit your gun with shooters. However, if you would like a stock that is tailor-made to your unprecedented ease. The top radii of the receiver are matte blued to reduce proportions, please get in contact with the Ithaca Custom Shop. glare, and we have even improved the looks of the classic game scene engraving, which is no longer roll stamped on the receiver. We also offer AAA Stock many options for beautifying and personalizing your gun. Just ask your local Solderless Barrel System dealer or give us a call here at Itaca. Because soldering warps the barrel and solder joints can fail, we have entirely eliminated soldering and brazing from the manufacture of Ithaca firearms. All peripheral components of the barrel are now held fast by lugs which are machined directly out of the parent material of the barrel. Our Solderless Barrel System is simply the truest, strongest barrel you will ever shoot, because its integrity has not been compromised by red-hot temperatures. 2. 3. The Ithaca Gun Company: A Brief History The Ithaca Gun Company began producing fine American shotguns Tikka Rifles to name a few. The Company was then sold to Ithaca in Ithaca, New York in 1883. The company was founded by Acquisition, Inc. in 1987. The company left the original facility in William Henry Baker and began making Baker’s classic external Ithaca, New York in 1989 and moved 15 miles north to the old high hammer Double guns. In 1887, Lewis Smith acquired the assets school in King Ferry, New York. of the company and along with George Livermore began making Late in 2005, the company was purchased by the Marshall family hammerless doubles in various designs for the next 60 plus years. In of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The company was subsequently moved to 1931, Ithaca applied for a patent for an improved firing mechanism its current home here in Upper Sandusky. Truckloads of old parts, based on the John Browning designed Model 17. In 1937, production fixtures, and boxes of old schematics were brought from New began on the Model 37. Lou Smith, son of Lewis, along with Frank York, and over the next 12 to 18 months, Engineers and machinists Knickerbocker began making a High-end, hand fit Single Barrel partnered to manufacture the Model 37 again, but in a different Trap gun in 1922. During the War years in the 1940’s,under Smith’s manner: tighter tolerances, better machining practices, 100% direction, Ithaca produced many firearms for the military including AMERICAN materials and a much better fit and finish. In 2007, a the Trench Guns (M37) and 1911a1 .45 ACP pistols The Ithaca Gun local businessman and sportsman, David Dlubak, recognizing the Company was eventually sold to General Recreation in 1967. The quality of the “new” product and its machinists, purchased Company continued to operate making the Fine Single Barrel Trap the company. All new CNC machines were brought in and the guns and the Model 37s, along with new Semi-Automatic designs re-birth of the classic Ithaca Firearms begins… and successful importations of SKB shotguns, Perazzi shotguns, and 4. 5. Ithaca Barrels There are nearly two million Ithaca Model 37s already in the field, and The thread pattern that we utilize on our interchangeable barrel field Ithaca barrels are available in the following styles: many of their owners would like to outfit them with a new barrel. Just guns is the same pattern that was used by Ithaca in New York