Any other fans of classic walnut and steel shotguns?

bushmaster1313 · Nov 2, 2020

Living here in New Jersey it is difficult for a non-FFL to buy or sell handguns. On the other hand, buying and selling a rifle or shotgun merely requires going through an FFL. This has pushed me in the direction of long arms, especially pre-WW2 American shotguns. I don't know nothing about fancy guns from makers like Parker Bros. or Ainsley H. Fox, But I have been able to get my hands on some excellent walnut and steel scatterguns made by Ithaca, Remington, Winchester and Baker. These guns can be had for relatively reasonable prices compared very fine Smith & Wesson revolvers shown on this Forum. Here are some of my favorite photos of my favorite shotguns. Anyone else a fan of these work horse classics:

Baker Elite (top) and Ithaca Knick Single Barrel Trap Guns:

Remington 17:

Winchester 21 (top) and Remington 17:

Checkering and wood on an Ithaca 37T:

Winchester 97:

Winchester 21 (left) and Ithaca NID:

Winchester 21 (top) and Remington 17:

Ithaca 37T:

Remington 31:

Scharfschuetzer · Nov 3, 2020

Very nice. I too enjoy a good shotgun and I shoot 'em regularly at the base skeet range. Some of the members collect and shoot old English side by sides.

I can't seem to get my photos to show for some reason. Maybe later.

Golddollar · Nov 3, 2020

Shotguns of walnut and blued steel are all I have. Remington 870 pump, Remington 1100 semi-auto and Stevens side by sides.

JH1951 · Nov 3, 2020

Winchester 101 Diamond Grade - serves me well on the trap range. More of a work horse than a beauty queen.

Erocksmash · Nov 3, 2020

Wow the old Ithacas are gorgeous, sorry, mostly all the older long guns a beautiful.

A product of an era that cared about craftsmanship, quality, pride... where a man put his hands on something
and crafted beautiful works of art from what mother nature has provided....
not just the profit margin...

Dare I say "older" wood? Not the laminate garbage put out today( tho some appear nice, still feel kinda cheap) just IMO...

There is an old Ithaca SxS that sits in a local shop with a heck of a price point, thats ok because its just amazing...

StrawHat · Nov 3, 2020

Wait, shotguns come with something other than blued steel and walnut stocks?

I used to collect Baker shotguns and some L C Smiths.

Kevin

daddio202 · Nov 3, 2020

I love shotguns! I shoot registered trap every week and even won my class and came in runner up in doubles in my class this year at the Florida state trapshooting championship. I have many shotguns but my prettiest is an Anniversary Remington wingmaster. All in all Krieghoff are my workhorses! Not as nice and fancy as the oldrr guns pictured in this thread but purely functional.

Donn · Nov 3, 2020

Have Remington 870, 1100 12ga, and Dad's, (RIP), old Ithaca Model 37 sweet 16. All are wood & blue.

Gene L · Nov 3, 2020

I love walnut and steel on shotguns, i'm not a shotgun guy, got two SxS, lightweight, handy, and IMO elegant. I don't even like fake wood on rifles although I have a couple...couldn't get them any other way.

gwpercle · Nov 3, 2020

The Remington model 17 has been my favorite for decades .
For some reason it's the perfect scattergun for whatever game I'm after .
It fits and I can hit with it . My Grandfather bought it new during the great depression(1929) and hunted "birds" with it ... Quail ... he had dogs and a passion for quail hunting . My Father passed it on to me when I was in high school (50+ years ago) and I've hunted with it ever since ... The model 17 is a keeper ... if you can get one ...Buy It !
Gary

Hair Trigger · Nov 3, 2020

bushmaster1313 said:
Living here in New Jersey it is difficult for a non-FFL to buy or sell handguns. On the other hand, buying and selling a rifle or shotgun merely requires going through an FFL. This has pushed me in the direction of long arms, especially pre-WW2 American shotguns. I don't know nothing about fancy guns from makers like Parker Bros. or Ainsley H. Fox, But I have been able to get my hands on some excellent walnut and steel scatterguns made by Ithaca, Remington, Winchester and Baker. These guns can be had for relatively reasonable prices compared very fine Smith & Wesson revolvers shown on this Forum. Here are some of my favorite photos of my favorite shotguns. Anyone else a fan of these work horse classics:

Winchester 21 (left) and Ithaca NID:

I love side-by-sides. I can't afford the really nice older models and there are few enough newer ones I'd want. I have three older Savage/Fox Model B's, in 12, 16, and 20 gauge, and also a modern CZ side lock 12 gauge with rabbit ear hammers and replaceable chokes. All four the classic steel and wood guns with walnut furniture. I shoot clays with both the 12 gauge guns frequently.

mauser9 · Nov 3, 2020

Thanks for the great pics. The craftsmanship just bleeds off em. I would think many should sell for a lot more than they often do. Many made from milled parts and built to last.

Drm50 · Nov 3, 2020

The new stuff has about as much character & class as an aluminum baseball bat. That covers all firearms, not just shotguns. They have turned them into a mechanical device to detonate ammunition and launch a projectile.

LoboGunLeather · Nov 3, 2020

Blued steel and walnut shout "quality" to me, especially when nicely hand-fitted and finished. Add a little color case hardening and you have my undivided attention! Shotguns, rifles, pistols, revolvers, even an old .22 single shot, all prime candidates for a ride home with me.

mauser9 · Nov 3, 2020

Yeah seems much interest has shifted these days from the good ole walnut and and polished bluing to more "tactical" style guns with matte finishes and synthetic stocks. Of course money has something to do with it. Heard the price of black and claro walnut has gone through the roof reflecting the price of a wood stocked gun with high polish bluing. Like the older stuff myself.

Thomas M. Black · Nov 3, 2020

My one an only SXS...for right now. A Parker Bro's. Trojan grade built in 1930. She's as tight as a jug and the 30 inch barrels ring like a wind chime.
Choked F/M.
Tom

Narragansett · Nov 3, 2020

There is( IMO) nothing as personal in the firearms realm as your favorite shotgun. My collection has been cut down greatly to a very nice M97 ( early40's), and my 2 competition trap shotguns. I no longer have the eyes to be competitive at the level I once was, but I cannot bring myself to get rid of them. My singles/handicap gun is a Ljutic LTX 33' bbl jug choked with 39 points of constriction. The pic below is my Perazzi Grand America 88 29 1/2" bbls and choked for doubles. 12 thousandths of choke in the bottom barrel, and 32 thousandths choke in the top bbl.

Both stocked to fit me by the great master stock maker Paul Hilmer. I should photograph them well some day.

Below is the Perazzi ( awful pic)

StrawHat · Nov 3, 2020

bushmaster1313 said:
...Anyone else a fan of these work horse classics:

Baker Elite (top) and Ithaca Knick Single Barrel Trap Guns:

...

Baker was the first company to offer a Single Barrel Trap Gun to the market. They were available in three grades, Sterling Elite and Superba. I have a Sterling grade and it is a beautiful shotgun.

W H Baker was an inventor and paired up with business men to form companies. After a while he would get mad about something and leave. Some of the companies in which he was involved include Syracuse Arms, L C Smith, Ithaca and finally, Baker Gun and Forge Co in Batavia, New York.

Kevin

JJEH · Nov 3, 2020

I can smell most pictures here

Levallois · Nov 3, 2020

Beautiful shotguns above. My wood and steel top to bottom, Remington 1897 riot cut dated to 1905, Ithaca Military and Police from the 1970s, and Remington Model 10 trench shotgun from WWI.

Any other fans of classic walnut and steel shotguns?

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