Never was too fond of shotguns till a friend brought his 37 in and I fell in love, looked around for a bit and found this one on facebook for 200.
Here we have it as I picked it up:
It was made in '74 and had a funky weaver red dot of the same vintage. Some previous owner had slopped some time of finish on it (without removing the metal) but I could see some pretty wood peeking behind the almost 40 years of dirt and dents.
First job was to break everything apart and strip the stock and forearm with a chem stripper. One one side was a huge chunk of wood missing, so I mixed some of the sanding dust with epoxy to fill and sanded smooth, Hello tiger stripes:
Next I started on the metal, breaking all the small parts out , soaking in kerosene and wiping off and into baggies with CLP, the reciever was sanded down to bare metal (note the numerous D&T holes from the red dot sight)
I am really digging the rust bluing. Not as high gloss as hot salt bluing but more durable and I can do it at home, used Herters Belgian Rust blue.
In the meantime every moring and every night (before and after work) the stock and forearm got light coats of truoil till the grain was filled and refinished the old recoil pad that was very springy still. Damn shes lookin hot now:
Ordered some positive stop plug screws to fill the holes in the reciever and got her put together, what do you think?
My first Ithaca Restoration
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Very nice! Welcome aboard.
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Damn! that is a gorgeous piece of wood! You did a fine job, especially on that stock.
--Jim
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Oh, while I think of it, polish that recoil pad wit ha bit of Vaseline and wipe it down good. It'll give it a dandy sheen
--Jim
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You did a dandy job. Thanks for sharing.
Last edited by 1977cutcher on Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Nice!
Insert comical quip here.
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I wish I could see it...my phone wont show the pix. Darn it. I'll have wait till I get home to drool....
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