Ithaca lever action shotgun

[t.r.]

I copied these photos from the Gunbroker.com site. One of my childhood hunting companions had one just like this in 20 gauge with modified choke. He had very good luck with it and knocked pheasants out the sky with ease. I shot it several times and liked it.

The Ithaca model 66 faded from production in late 1970's but good used ones are not terribly difficult to find. It was a very well built single shot that is unique and interesting, plus it points and balances well. I've been itchy all over to buy one but something else always takes priority - now my car needs tires. So it goes.

TR

[AJMD429]

My neighbor kills nearly all his deer with one of those. Sturdy and nice guns. They ARE single-shot 'lever' guns, though...

[rjohns94]

dont think I have seen one of those before. thanks

[piller]

First time for me to see one. Neat.

[Pete44ru]

The stock wood on those is Elm, IIRC.

One of the local pushers hereabouts has one, on his used rack, tagged @ $125.

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[kimwcook]

First time for me to see one. Neat.

+1

[gamekeeper]

I remember wanting one when they first came out but never got to see one on this side of the pond. Is the action made of Aluminium or steel? it looks like alloy.

[airedaleman]

I remember wanting one when they first came out but never got to see one on this side of the pond. Is the action made of Aluminium or steel? it looks like alloy.

Believe it's a Zamak casting, like the Model 49 single shot .22... They were contemporaries.

[Bruce]

My father had a 12 gauge Ithaca lever action shotgun that dissapeared many years ago. I can remember him killing many deer with it and it ruled at local turkey shoots. It did not have that hump backed looking receiver and it was solid steel. I have been looking for one like it for several years and have not come close to finding one.

[madman4570]

I have some friends that worked for the old Ithaca Gun Company in
Ithaca NY.Awesome guys and I love the older Ithacas.
I have a 1973 18" Deerslayer Deluxe(2 barrel set) and a 1984 Ithaca 20" RoadBlocker.them guns are awesome!!! Bought both new back then in Ithaca.
That would be a cool little 20ga to have!!

[gamekeeper]

My father had a 12 gauge Ithaca lever action shotgun that disappeared many years ago. I can remember him killing many deer with it and it ruled at local turkey shoots. It did not have that hump backed looking receiver and it was solid steel. I have been looking for one like it for several years and have not come close to finding one.

I just did a bit of research and apparently the early ones made in the sixties were steel and not alloy.

[bbleverfan]

i just bought a like new ithica 66 20ga with rifle sights and its a youth model with a modified choke. i had never seen one before i paid $125.00 for it off of an individual

[t.r.]

My old hunting buddy from 1960's still has his Ithaca 66 Youth Model. I phoned him and asked him to test the receiver with a large magnet. He phoned me back - it's aluminum. He won't sell it either. Chuck told me he still hunts partridges with this Ithaca it using Hi Base #6 shells. Some things never change.

We're planning a hunt together this year south of Wall, S. Dakota.

TR

[Hobie]

I killed a quail with an Ithaca 66 just a bit from Lake Nasworthy, near San Angelo, Texas in 1974. Good eatin'! The quail, not the gun. We've got a rather poorer example in the shop.

[PrimitiveHunter]

Very cool now thats a shotgun id actually hunt with

[44shooter]

I still have the one I got as a kid. I never thought there would ever be that much interest in it. The kid down the road had one too. His was a hand-me-down, mine was a used purchase after I outgrew my cutdown H&R. I have also seen 12 gauges. These guns definately are not rare.

[gamekeeper]

I'm going to search the UK for one. I always seem to want guns that are hard if not impossible to find Still it gives me something to do

[Old Ironsights]

They are/were fairly popularfor deer here in IN (since we were slug-only), and I've seen a few (usually one at a time) at a local shop.