So....
Not 1, but 2 rifles follwed me home again. I went to get a Stevens 87A but for another $20 got another rifle to tag along with me.
I won't bore you all with more pics of another Gill-gun, however, I ended up also getting something I never knew existed.
An Ithica .22 rifle. I thought they only ever made shotguns.
I present the Ithica X5 Lightning. My Googlefu says these were made from Dec 1957 to early 1963. The receiver on this thing is built like a tank and has a very different style charging handle that is just a push rod and not attached to the bolt. This one is missing the magazine but I already found a place to order one from.
We did manage to load it as a single shot ( not easy though) and test fire it a bit. This thing is dead on accurate.
And now the pics.
The Ithica and Stevens side by side
Close up of the Ithica
Note the size of the reciever
And the unusual charging handle
The youngest shooting the Ithica
Not 1, but 2 rifles follwed me home again. I went to get a Stevens 87A but for another $20 got another rifle to tag along with me.
I won't bore you all with more pics of another Gill-gun, however, I ended up also getting something I never knew existed.
An Ithica .22 rifle. I thought they only ever made shotguns.
I present the Ithica X5 Lightning. My Googlefu says these were made from Dec 1957 to early 1963. The receiver on this thing is built like a tank and has a very different style charging handle that is just a push rod and not attached to the bolt. This one is missing the magazine but I already found a place to order one from.
We did manage to load it as a single shot ( not easy though) and test fire it a bit. This thing is dead on accurate.
And now the pics.
The Ithica and Stevens side by side
Close up of the Ithica
Note the size of the reciever
And the unusual charging handle
The youngest shooting the Ithica
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