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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:42:26 PM EDT
I searched, and didn't find any threads on this.
So I don't think this is a dupe. 100% American made, tool steel parts, hand lapped CNC machined billet 4140 steel frame and slide, Novak or Bo-mar sights. High end quality. Starts at $1,599 Apparently released the first quarter of 2011. Information here: http://www.ithacagun.com/1911.html Review and more pics here: http://ezine.m1911.org/showthread.php?t=47 Seems nicer than Remington's or Ruger's new offerings.   |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:43:17 PM EDT
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That gun/box combo looks awesome!
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:43:20 PM EDT
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meh. I hate the jeweling.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:44:49 PM EDT
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Wow. Not a 1911 fan but that is a beautiful pistol.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:46:04 PM EDT
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That's one I'd be proud to lay next to my Colts. Might have to amend next month's shopping list.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:46:19 PM EDT
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Looks nice.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:48:42 PM EDT
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$1,600 in kind of pricey, but it looks nice.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:48:49 PM EDT
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That's a good looking 1911 for sure, but price... maybe one day, but not today.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:51:14 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:52:19 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. You're the Lone Ranger!!! WOW!!! |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:52:35 PM EDT
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Meh it's nice, but I'd still rather save almost 1k and get the Ruger.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:53:37 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. You're the Lone Ranger!!! WOW!!! Everyone says how famous he is, and now we know. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:55:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. So Ithaca is kind a like Sprinfield Armory these days |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:55:16 PM EDT
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My Ithaca 1911 looks like this one:
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:56:27 PM EDT
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Well. Here is to another 1911 manf.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:58:53 PM EDT
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What's it do a $400 Armscor doesn't?
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:58:53 PM EDT
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My Ithaca 1911 looks like this one: http://www.baitshopboyz.com/forum/uploads/NorthLogan/2006-12-30_125704_Ithaca7.jpg Yours looks better. That other one looks like somehting a Mexican drug pimp would own. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:59:16 PM EDT
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I was thinking it looks pretty good, and digging the style on the cocking serrations....until I saw the FCS too
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:06:38 PM EDT
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Personally, I think that looks like crap. The grips, jeweling and slide checkering does nothing for me. I do like the dove tailed sights, skeleton hammer and trigger.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:07:51 PM EDT
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Wow, never seen a jeweled magazine before.....
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:11:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Personally, I think that looks like crap. The grips, jeweling and slide checkering does nothing for me. I do like the dove tailed sights, skeleton hammer and trigger. I was going to post the same thing, however I don't care for the hammer or trigger either. The jeweled hammer and mags... Just my personal preference but I like my 1911s in the traditional style, the only change I make is the addition of a LH safety since I am (surprise) left handed. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:11:57 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. Big +1 there |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:15:28 PM EDT
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NO FUCKING WAY!
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:15:59 PM EDT
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Quoted: meh. I hate the jeweling. Not really a big fan of jeweling, either. I'ts what you do to a 1911 after you've engraved it and gold plated it and pearl gripped it and still want more blingy shine. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:17:55 PM EDT
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Quoted: What's it do a $400 Armscor doesn't? Looks better at not fitting in the majority of holsters out there for 'em (given that extended slide release). |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:18:05 PM EDT
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From the second link : "MSRP: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,499"
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:20:07 PM EDT
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Nice gun, but I am more interested in the new M-37 shotguns they are producing............especially if they make a "Trench" model and will slam fire
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:20:26 PM EDT
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My Ithaca 1911 looks like this one: http://www.baitshopboyz.com/forum/uploads/NorthLogan/2006-12-30_125704_Ithaca7.jpg I'd rather have that. 
I keep talking about it, but I never seem to get around to purchasing my first 1911. When I do it, it'll be a repo 70 series Colt. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:20:39 PM EDT
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Get rid of the extended slide stop and that stupid jeweling that's going to wear off anyway, add night sights, and what's left ought to be close to what RRA made before they stopped making 1911's.
<––-still kicking himself for not buying a RRA 1911. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:22:04 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. So Ithaca is kind a like Sprinfield Armory these days Also like the Remington 1911. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:23:07 PM EDT
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What's it do a $400 Armscor doesn't? Comes in a fancy box |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:25:34 PM EDT
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My Ithaca 1911 looks like this one: http://www.baitshopboyz.com/forum/uploads/NorthLogan/2006-12-30_125704_Ithaca7.jpg Yours looks better. That other one looks like somehting a Mexican drug pimp would own. Uh, no. 
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:27:38 PM EDT
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Meh it's nice, but I'd still rather save almost 1k and get the Ruger. This. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:27:49 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. There are the details like actually owning the name, the patents, trademarks, etc. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:29:42 PM EDT
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The trigger relief cut is freaky. Slide checkering is a horrible idea. Billet frame good. No MIM parts good.
Problem is once you get around that $1500 price range you can get a perfect custom built to your specs 1911 for the same price. Names are bought and sold trying to simulate a continuity of an 'old' gun maker. Ithaca, Dan Wesson, Springfield Armory, and probably a few others. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:30:35 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. You're the Lone Ranger!!! WOW!!! Everyone says how famous he is, and now we know. And in before Aimless' Opus penguin avatar starts wearing a Lone Ranger outfit. actually, that would look pretty cool.  |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:31:24 PM EDT
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I wouldn't spend $1,500 on something that has such awful tool marks on he slide. It looks like they just hold the slide against a belt sander to knock off the high points & let it go at that.
After clicking on the OP's second link & reading the reviews & looking at the photos there it looks even more like a hack job on the finishing.I could live on with those sanding marks on a low end pistol, but not on one with a $1,500 price tag. "Each and every one of these features is executed to extremely high standards of craftsmanship and finish.".....My Ass! |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:34:50 PM EDT
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My Ithaca 1911 looks like this one: http://www.baitshopboyz.com/forum/uploads/NorthLogan/2006-12-30_125704_Ithaca7.jpg Apparently you don't shoot much and it has had an easy life.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:39:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. You're the Lone Ranger!!! WOW!!! Everyone says how famous he is, and now we know. And in before Aimless' Opus penguin avatar starts wearing a Lone Ranger outfit. actually, that would look pretty cool. He would be the Lone Moon Sailor Ranger. A crime fighting cosplay super hero, his only weakness is ice cream cones (or at least when his wife ain't around). |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:42:53 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. So Ithaca is kind a like Sprinfield Armory these days Also like the Remington 1911. When was the last time Browning actually *made* a gun? Worse yet, what about weatherby?
What's in a name, anyway? |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:45:01 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. So Ithaca is kind a like Sprinfield Armory these days Also like the Remington 1911. When was the last time Browning actually *made* a gun? Worse yet, what about weatherby? What's in a name, anyway? Weatherby still makes the MKV, right? |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:47:57 PM EDT
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My Ithaca 1911 looks like this one: http://www.baitshopboyz.com/forum/uploads/NorthLogan/2006-12-30_125704_Ithaca7.jpg Yours looks better. That other one looks like somehting a Mexican drug pimp would own. More like this. 
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:50:02 PM EDT
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I kind of like the jeweling... but at that price, I'll just go with Ed Brown or Les Baer and know I'm getting quality and reliability instead of not knowing...
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:51:22 PM EDT
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Meh, I'd rather have an SA Operator.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:53:12 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. So Ithaca is kind a like Sprinfield Armory these days Also like the Remington 1911. When was the last time Browning actually *made* a gun? Worse yet, what about weatherby?
What's in a name, anyway? Don't say that around the Armalite fan boys. 
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Posted: 5/1/2011 3:58:27 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. There are the details like actually owning the name, the patents, trademarks, etc. I could buy all that stuff from Colt, but I wouldn't be Colt. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 4:00:24 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. There are the details like actually owning the name, the patents, trademarks, etc. I could buy all that stuff from Colt, but I wouldn't be Colt. You're gonna buy Colt!!! Holy Smoke!! There's lots of news in this thread! The Lone Ranger is going to buy Colt!!! |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 4:03:26 PM EDT
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Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. So Ithaca is kind a like Sprinfield Armory these days Also like the Remington 1911. When was the last time Browning actually *made* a gun? Worse yet, what about weatherby?
What's in a name, anyway? Weatherby still makes the MKV, right? Weatherby has never made a MKV, or a Vanguard, or anything else.
Weatherby has never manufactured anything. Biut they import and/or market (MKV is made in USA) some fine firearms.
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Posted: 5/1/2011 4:04:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. So Ithaca is kind a like Sprinfield Armory these days Also like the Remington 1911. When was the last time Browning actually *made* a gun? Worse yet, what about weatherby? What's in a name, anyway? Recognition and marketing. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 4:04:20 PM EDT
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Quoted: meh. I hate the jeweling. +1 It looks like absolute shit. I don't like the slide serrations on the pistol, and I don't care for plain stainless finishes. |
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Posted: 5/1/2011 4:07:11 PM EDT
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Quoted: Hmmm...The "Aimless 1911"Quoted: Quoted: Ithaca guns went out of business, some guys from Ithaca bought it, started it up again and eventually went out of business again, they sold the name to some guys in Ohio. This gun is an "Ithaca" gun about as much as I'm the Lone Ranger just because I start saying I am. There are the details like actually owning the name, the patents, trademarks, etc. I could buy all that stuff from Colt, but I wouldn't be Colt. Company slogan...Aim less, Shoot More!  |
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