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After many false starts over the past 20 years I've finally come to a point where I have set down all the points and photos of this heirloom shotgun. I wrote an article on my blog and you can see my article on this shotgun, [url=http:no adverts on bbs~parslowb/blogger.html]Ithaca, Flues model 20 ga.[/url] if you care to but I won't force it on you.
Any suggestions short of running it through a crusher will be considered.
Thanks to all/anyone who bothers to read about this old family gun.
Last edited by Dave Weber; 02/08/07 10:40 PM.
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Hobie, I thought you were lucky to find such a nice Flues until I saw the last photos of the pitting on the right side. What a shame. I don't know if that can be restored, but sometimes it looks worse than it is.
One thing I'd be concerned about is the wall thickness in the chamber area. You said it has 2-3/4" chambers and a 1921 Flues would commonly, but not always, have a 2-1/2" chamber so it's likely that some metal was taken off the inside already. Add that to what would need to be removed when striking the barrels for reblue and it could get a bit thin.
It was hand engraved, BTW.
If it has sentimental value hang it on the wall with the bad side hidden.
Whatever you decide, good luck with it. If you decide to sell it for parts, I need a cocking slide!
Rob
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As you know, it will cost more to restore this gun than to buy one in good condition. In addition to the barrel work, the action will require a redo. The action must be annealed, the pitting filed away, the engraving recut, and the action rehardened. Expensive, and not at all original, with the lovely case coloring gone or at least replaced by new colors.
Since your grandfather was not a hunter, but rather used a gun as a gardening tool, I would probably follow Rob's suggestion and hang it on the wall. If you really want to shoot it, I suggest you have it checked for safety by a good double gun smith and, if it passes, shoot it as is. Lean it behind the kitchen door, and shoot vermin out of your garden with it.
Too bad. A lovely gun, and little used from the looks of it and the history you have provided.
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Incidently the 4 & 2 are for Full & Modified chokes. 3 is for improved modified or 3/4 choke & 1 is for Imp Cyl with 0 for a cylinder bore.
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Oscar used to TIG weld pits
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