I guess before we understand any of the financial troubles Ithaca was experiencing and therefore have to dig their way out of through their constant change of designs throughout the period where LC Smith, Parker and Remington were its competition we would have to look back to find out why the first hammerless models like the Crass, Lewis and the Manier models did not compare favorable in the shooting public and buying public's mind to the Parker, LC Smith or Remington???
Complicated design??? some people think, even today and on this board, that the Parker is overly complicated...What else then detracted people from buying the early Ithaca?? Was it the Baker designed hammer gun??
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