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Originally Posted by Walter C. Snyder
The gun on GI is an ejector gun for what that is worth.

I still wouldn’t pay 5K premium for ejectors, with a cut up butt...

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So, here is another one....

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...de-1-flues-28-gauge.cfm?gun_id=101540383



What would be a reasonable fair market value for an Ithaca Flues Grade 1 or 1 1/2?

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Looks like it was restocked.

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FWIW the last Flues era big Ithaca Gun Co. catalog, 1925, gives chamber lengths at the bottom of page 20 -- "Unless otherwise ordered Ithaca 28 Gauge and 20 Gauge guns are chambered for the standard 2 1/2 inch shell, ...."

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I use to have a GR2 Flues 28ga. Sold it a few years ago and then heard it was sold again and stolen/lost in transit. What a shame.
Didnt have the normal 3" of drop. Such a nice gun. Had a couple of Flues with the above style 1-1/2 engraving and never warmed up to them. Reminds me of an LC Smith.

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My 28-gauge No. 1 Special with 30-inch Cockerill Steel barrels was shipped May 25, 1915 to F.W. Pierce. It has 2 7/8 inch chambers, but I have no idea if it was shipped that way or lengthened later.

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I once owned an Ithaca Flues model 2-E 20-bore with 26" barrels; it was a beautiful light weight little gun but I couldn't shoot the thing worth a dang, it was just too light. Had the same issue with a 28-bore VH Grade 00 framed Parker; it was just too light, and with both guns I became a "poke and shoot" gunner. These guns were so light I found myself just reacting and failing to remember basic shooting fundamentals. But that was 20 years ago, might appreciate that light weight now as 12-bores feel much heavier at age 70 than they did at 50.

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You are correct , Tom.
Easy to start easy to stop.
It takes disciplined shooting to shoot an ultralight well.


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Originally Posted by topgun
I once owned an Ithaca Flues model 2-E 20-bore with 26" barrels; it was a beautiful light weight little gun but I couldn't shoot the thing worth a dang, it was just too light. Had the same issue with a 28-bore VH Grade 00 framed Parker; it was just too light, and with both guns I became a "poke and shoot" gunner. These guns were so light I found myself just reacting and failing to remember basic shooting fundamentals. But that was 20 years ago, might appreciate that light weight now as 12-bores feel much heavier at age 70 than they did at 50.

About ten years ago I found myself having to learn to shoot ultralight .410s, to prove to my 8 year old grandson that a .410 was an effective dove gun, not just an "appeaser" for kids. What I found was that I developed an entirely different shooting style than with any of my other guns, which were a minimum of 2 lbs. heavier. I learned to mount the gun as I was swinging on the dove, and when it hit my shoulder pocket the lead was almost already right, and hit the trigger. Really more of a fluid move than I was used to on my heavier guns. The little thing only weighs 4 lbs. 14 oz., but I was able to soon get the hang of it and now even shoot some of my 28, 20 and 16 ga. dove guns with that method. It's highly effective for me with lighter guns.

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