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< 16ga. Guns ~ Western Arms Long Range Gun |
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Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:11 am
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Just picked up a 16 gauge Western Arms Long Range from I think 1935. Vivid case colors, single trigger with extractors. Has an Ithaca red pad which I do not think is original. Choked improved, modified with 26" barrels. Do not know a lot about these guns. Very nice condition. Can someone volunteer any info on this model? |
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Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:22 am
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Joined: 13 Apr 2015
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I have a 20 ga Western Arms Long Range. Nice little gun. They were the budget line of guns Ithaca offered. The frame was made of malleable iron and hardened with a cyanide process. The pad may well be original as that was one of the options available for this gun. If you want to learn more about this Ithaca gun, go to the Ithaca site on Shotgunworld.com., be sure to include photos, or find a copy of Walter Snyders The Ithaca Gun Company, a fine read and good resource for information on Ithaca guns. |
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Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:57 am
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Joined: 13 Jun 2009
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Location: WA/AK
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The 1931 Western Arms Corp. folder shows the DeLuxe gun with a Hawkins recoil pad and twin ivory sights.
The 1936 folder (I don't have a picture of it available) shows it with the Ithaca "bridge trestle" recoil pad. The period correct Ithaca pad would carry the line "PAT. APPL'D FOR" at the bottom of the logo --
The repros have the word "PATENTED" at the bottom of the logo as the post WW-II pads do. |
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Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:29 am
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Location: Minnesota
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I too have one in 20 ga, a true safe queen. Memory says 6 1/4 pounds. I always was amazed at how much quality and craftsmanship they put into these basic field guns. |
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Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:26 pm
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Joined: 30 Sep 2019
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Location: Colorado
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Mine is a 1937 16ga with 30" barrels. It has the original Ithaca "bridge trestle" pad and the single non selective trigger. Ithaca only offered 4 options on this gun (the other two being ivory beads and ejectors.)
You have an important piece of history as the Western Arms Long Range is likely the gun that saved Ithaca. It was introduced in 1929 just as the depression hit and while sales of the Ithaca ($37.50) and Lefever NS doubles ($29.00) plummented at $20.00 the Long Range sold strongly when an extra dollar was hard to come by. By the time it was phased out in 1946 over 65,000 had been produced.
Whether the timing of the Long Range's introduction was an example of executive genius or coincidence we'll likely never know but it definitely helped keep the lights on and men at work through tough years that sunk a lot of others. |
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Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:02 pm
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Ejectors were only offered on the Western Arms Long Range Double from 1931 to 1935. By the January 25, 1936, Price List they were listed as discontinued. I can't imagine that in those tough depression years an $8.25 option was a big seller on a $20 gun. |
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Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:53 pm
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Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:27 pm
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Made a mistake. Mine does have ejectors. So I guess it has all of the options available in 1935. |
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