whos familiar with an itahca 66?

bobski

how does it work? does the lever drop the bbl break action and you manually cock the hammer, or, does it lever back, eject, and cock the hammer?[?][?]

hedgehopper62

I have the slug model with sights and deluxe checking,its all steel reciever.the lever only opens the action.the hammer must be cocked.tks.hedge[:D]

bobski

define 'opens the action?'
what kind of action is it?
break or falling block or what?

varian

first gun i ever bought with my own money, i was 15 and had a neighbor buy it for me for $20 at a pawn shop. that was 42 years ago. on mine the lever only dropped the barrel for loading/unloading

rock,roll,n,load

The underlever just opens (breaks) the barrel. Making this a break action. Just like a tang lever on a single shot or double barrel. The hammer must be cocked manually.
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bobski

bingo. its a break action. so the bbl breech angles up when the action is open. perfect.
now, to close it. does the lever do that? meaning, do you have to operate the lever back up to lock it in battery?
thanks!

perry shooter

Hello Bobski the lever just opens the action you manually have to close the action just like a top break single barrel shotgun . Cheers Karl. Did you trade your pigeon grade model 12 for it[:0][:0]?

bobski

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keeping in mind ive never held one of these, im trying to figure it out.
is the lever spring loaded and does it return to the stock after you activate it? then, you close the bbl normally?
i mean im trying to figure out if the lever just dangles there until you do something with it. follow me?

ddhotbot

bobski the lever is spring loaded.it is no more than a lever break open single shot shotgun.i have 3 of them 12ga,20ga,410.first gun i ever hunted with,my grandfather 20ga.kind of unusual.

bobski

how easy is it to break open? does the bbl just fall fast? im looking to use it for a quick second shot. how hard is it to cock that trigger? i use to have a fie or something from miami, that had a push down button next to the trigger guard. it fell open fast, but that hammer had massive spring tension and it closed under extreme spring tension too.

Grasshopper

bobski...thats for the help in the past ,,,but wth are you doing,,,satire? or ? anyway, I am indebted to you for past answers and I appreciate that! nambu

ddhotbot

when you push down on the lever the barrel falls open pretty easy,i can snap mine shut with a flick of my wrist.then you have too cock the hammer just like any single action pistol or shotgun.hope this helps don