It’s a good choice for OCCASIONAL vintage sporting clay events.
I have a few in various iterations.
Use 1oz loads max.
Or run the risk of breaking off the top right corner of the stock.
The way that the flu stock is attached, and the effects of age drying out the wood, allows recoil to break off that upper corner. You will see them commonly on gun racks around the country. Also, if the bridge mortise is oil soaked, it will crumble as well.
So, no heavy sporting clays loads in a Flues.
They were pedestrian guns made for sales volume.
They aren’t heavily made target guns.
All that said, you can have a great time using your Ithaca Flues shotgun participating in vintage sporting clay events.
Average condition Flues 12 gauges run about $400.00 in field grades.
No one really wants them anymore.
