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Ithaca 22 lever action model 49(I think)

reddnekreddnek Member Posts: 1,552 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 2013 in Ask the Experts
A friend of mine has an Ithaca 22 Lever action repeater (I think its a model 49) unfired in original box with papers.What is the approximate value and would it be a good gun for my grandson?????
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  • mrbrucemrbruce Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    Thats a nice little single shot, and around here they will fetch over $200.00 usually..
    It should make a kid a nice rifle....
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That was my first .22 at age 8 and for many kids. It's a fun little gun. Like Mrbruce said, the Model 49 was a single shot rifle made to loosely resemble a Winchester 94.

    Ithaca also made a repeating version which was the Model 49R. It had a bad reputation of failure and was replaced by the Model 72 saddle gun.
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,018 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NIB,,Shoot-- sell it on here and get him a crickett and have money left over-imo
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Be sure and keep it clean, I have seen them worn out to the point of questionable shooting condition.

    An all milled steel and wood, old school bolt action single shot would be my choice. I learned on a model 12 Remington pump loaded one round at a time in the tube. A few years later, after I had grown some a 121 Remington (fit me much better and didn't point downhill) became my constant companion. I still have it.
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  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,178 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by reddnek
    A friend of mine has an Ithaca 22 Lever action repeater (I think its a model 49) unfired in original box with papers.What is the approximate value and would it be a good gun for my grandson?????


    If it's the repeater I think it's the Model 72 - I had one as a kid, just bought a Henry becuase I believe they are identical, new plastic parts aside. I bought an old Weaver V22 scope for that "70's period correct" look too.

    A couple hundred bucks sound about right. They're a neat little rifle. The action is easy to work, overall the rifle's not too large either.
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  • BigLoop22BigLoop22 Member Posts: 620 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gents,

    Ithaca sold 2 different repeaters:

    Model 49R

    Model 72 Saddlegun

    The Model 72 replaced the problematic 49R. The Model 72 went on sale, circa 1973.

    The 49R looks quite a bit like the 49, but that is where the similarity ends. The 49R had a repeating action that was more like a traditional repeating levergun's action. The 49R was prone to feeding problems, and it was discontinued. Any 49R that was returned for service was not sent back to its owner. Ithaca gave the 49R's owner a voucher for $$$ off of the price of a different Ithaca gun.

    The Model 72 Saddlegun is the one that is very much like today's Henry H001-series of rimfire levergun. The Erma-produced 72 is NOT the same as Ithaca-produced 49 & 49R. When Erma went out of business, Henry repeating Arms bought erma's machinery, and moved production to the U.S.A..
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  • pirate2501pirate2501 Member Posts: 1,851 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have the Model 49R lever action. Only problem with it is when you load the tube to max rounds it tends to jam the first and maybe the second round. I put 10 rounds in it and don't have a problem. Mine was 20 years old and I paid $350 for it. So go for it!!
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  • TWalkerTWalker Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it is a repeater (49R)I would sell it on the auction side. In the condition you describe, you will probably get a good price. Then buy a quality .22 without the 49R's reliability problems. I actually know all too well the problems that 49R's had as I bought one new around 1970. Never could get it working properly. If your rifle is a single shot 49, you have a really reliable and collectible gun. I would be proud to pass it on to a family member. Locally, they bring $200-$250 in excellent condition. I sometimes see them priced as high as $350 but have yet to actually see one sell that for that much.
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  • oneoldsaponeoldsap Member Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Absolutely , do not dry fire any version of the Model 49 Ithaca . It will peen the edge of the chamber and break the firing pin ! They are neat little guns though .
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  • reddnekreddnek Member Posts: 1,552 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the information guys,waiting to hear from him.mm8nambu,he's pretty big for a cricket 14 yrs old and a football player.Funny story about this gun,my buddy back in '72 or '73orderd it sight unseen from our local dealer,took one look at it and hated the pressed checkering.he put it back in the box and there it stayed till this day.
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