![]() ![]() I’m going to give Ithaca a lot of leeway here when I say that parts, materials, and design/testing were not up to the level that a company can bring to bear today. The first is the limited materials/engineering of 1970’s level technology and the others manifest themselves by way of some design flaws that marry up in the model 51 to make a perfect storm of frustration. The poor model 51 is the problem child of two main contributing factors I can see. As it turns out, it’s one of the guns that I’m positive Ithaca themselves in their current iteration would rather not have to think about again. The Model 51 was built from the early 1970s to 1987. Though this gun is one of those models that comes with a big asterisk beside the name. Coupled with the tasteful engraving from the factory and a walnut stock – it’s a great deal of shotgun for the money. It’s soft on the shoulder, with a high comb, a nice ventilated barrel, double beaded sight, and a full barrel choke. It rapidly became one of, if not my outright favorite, shotgun to bust clays with. Almost a year ago to the day I traded some work for an Ithaca Model 51 Featherlight autoloading shotgun. ![]()
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