[VtShooter]

Got the oppurtunity to purchase an Ithaca 10 guage semi. Price $500, near perfect condition. Is it worth it?

[Mooseman684]

Quote:       Originally Posted by VtShooter

Got the oppurtunity to purchase an Ithaca 10 guage semi. Price $500, near perfect condition. Is it worth it?

Yes...If it is in near perfect shape , minimum book value is 550.00 in 95% shape and 600-650 for 98% for just a Standard grade noncheckered gun.
They havent been built since 1986 so they are something to hold for the future...the 10 ga. semi auto has less kick than a 12 ga pump !

[Big Cholla]

I knew a pilot in Anchorage that mounted two of the 10 ga. Ithaca "Road Blocker" models under the wings of his Super Cub to allow him to shoot wolves from the air. This was before the shooting of wolves from the air was made illegal. He took the stocks off and had a machinist built mounts out of aluminum to place one under each wing at the wing strut connection to a wing and well outside the arc of the prop. He had an electic trigger built and wired to a toggle switch in the cockpit. Because there was no way to charge the chamber from the cockpit, the shotguns had to have one in the chamber prior to takeoff from Merrill Field in Anchorage. When the FAA found that out they made him also have electric safety activation switches built. His Cub was on wheels/skis. He would fly the outback until seeing wolves crossing a frozen lake. He would swoop down and shoot as many as the ten shots he had (five each shotgun) would allow. He would then land using the skis, skin out the wolves and fly the skins back to market in Anchorage. As I remember, he was pretty good at it but only got a couple of winters of hunting in before the change in laws caught up with him. My Super Cub was tied down very close to his and I saw him leaving and returning many times with those Ithaca Road Blockers mounted. I could tell when he had used the shotguns because the muzzle protectors were gone. ..... Big Cholla