Ithaca model 49 saddle gun
Ithaca model 49 saddle gun
I have never blued or restored a gun before. (I would never touch my Mosins for any change to them) However, I recently purchased an Ithaca model 49 single shot 22. It was really rusty and in bad shape cosmetically, however very sound mechanically. So I decided to see what I could do with the little gun. Here are some before and after pics.
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Re: Ithaca model 49 saddle gun
Nice job, I had one years back and traded it for some milsurp or other. It was sized for a child and while I did shoot it I had difficulty with the short stock.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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I gave one of these to my grandson for Christmas 3 years ago, he was 10. One of our members that passed away, Kari Prager, had sent it to me for him.
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Great job!!
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Looks good. These have a very poor painted on finish originally & it tends to chip off over time.
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Yep, noticed that on mine... But as most older 22 rifles one heck of a good shooter.Rongo wrote:Looks good. These have a very poor painted on finish originally & it tends to chip off over time.
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Re: Ithaca model 49 saddle gun
You did a great little restoration on this one.
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When I first restored this gun I didn't do anything to the stock. Last week I thought, what the heck, I'll give it a "shot". I'm not very good at working with wood, but here are my results.
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Re: Ithaca model 49 saddle gun
“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, and critic, 1903-1950
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis