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The company was in the business of gun manufacture until 1916, when it was incorporated into Ithaca Gun Company in Ithaca, New York which continued with the LeFever gun production until 1921. [9] Although production of the LeFever Sidelock Model designed by Dan LeFever ended, the Ithaca gun company continued to use the LeFever name on Boxlock ...
The Remington Model 51 also had only limited commercial success as it was priced around US$15.75 (in 1920, California minimum wage was US$0.33 per hour [1]). There is an urban legend that the stock market crash of 1929 killed production of the Remington Model 51, since people could no longer afford to buy handguns, especially one costing ...
Ithaca stopped manufacturing the Auto & Burglar Gun when it became subject to registration and a $200 transfer tax under the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 (the transfer tax was reduced to $5 in 1960). Relatively few Auto & Burglar Guns were manufactured, and they are highly prized today as collector's items.
The R51 is a modernized version of the John Pedersen-designed Remington Model 51 pistol now chambered in 9×19mm +P caliber. [3] [4] Remington announced plans to offer the pistol in .40 S&W and other calibers. [5] [6] [7] However, no other chamberings were offered by the time of Remington's bankruptcy in 2018. [8]
The Model 17 was a trim, 20-gauge shotgun that served as the design basis for three highly successful shotguns: the Remington Model 31, the Ithaca 37 and the Browning BPS. Additionally, features of the Model 17 were also incorporated in the later Mossberg 500 and Remington 870 .
The USA Today network recently released a list of the top 10 best beer labels, and a line of India Pale Ale's (IPA’s) from Ithaca’s Liquid State Brewing Company made the top of the list.
The Ithaca Mag-10 was the world’s first 10 GA semi-automatic gas-operated shotgun chambered in 10-gauge (3½"). The CounterCoil system built into the front of the magazine tube reduced the recoil from the round to allow easier second shots but cut the magazine size in half to 2 shells.
The Ithaca 37, also known as the Ithaca Model 37, is a pump-action shotgun made in large numbers for the civilian, law enforcement and military markets. Based on a 1915 patent by firearms designer John Browning for a shotgun initially marketed as the Remington Model 17, it utilizes a novel combination ejection/loading port on the bottom of the gun which leaves the sides closed to the elements.