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(Post note: If you want to know why I put up with this Calirado craziness, times like this morning with the grandkids would be the answer.)

Now back to the topic. You can see the progression of Ithaca's efforts to address the smokeless concerns of some customers in this series of period ads.

In this 1898 ad they speak to this hesitancy ie their guns are designed "For Black and Nitro Powders"




By the next year 1899, they are touting the actions they've taken ie reinforcement and double thickness.




And by 1900 they are "all in,"




Meanwhile, as we've already touched on, they continued to offer both the NIG and the Crass models in normal weights for those who were not skeptical of their gun's ability to safely handle smokeless powders. And at “No Extra Charge.”