In addition, the recoil return springs, which are up inside the stock where you can't see them, are almost always weak from compression on all those old guns. The Model 51 was an innovative, beautiful, wonderful shotgun made from about 1971 to 1985 and every single of one them out there that hasn't been fixed has age cracked recoil buffers and bolt buffers, if the buffers are even still in the guns. If you could copy my two and then put in your info and post, we can have a running chart.Ĭlick to expand.Before you take off the fore end and see if the action slide is cracked, it's worth whatever the other parts are worth to an Ithaca lover. But with enough of us Model 51 owners maybe we can come up with some ideas by using the serial number of your Model 51, gauge and the year (or guesstimate) you bought it IF you bought it NEW. That is basically what I got from Ithaca in reply to my question about dates of manufacture. By 1973 the Deerslayer and Magnum Models were introduced, and 20-gauge was also available in 1973. In 1971, several 12-gauge configurations were available including: standard, deluxe, trap, skeet andvent ribbed barrels. If you could copy my two and then put in your info and post, we can have a running chart.ĭesigned by the late James Tollinger.
In 1971, several 12-gauge configurations were available including: standard, deluxe, trap, skeet and vent ribbed barrels. The 51 was introduced in 1970, the Model 51 was a gas-operated semi-automatic shotgunĭesigned by the late James Tollinger. All of us Model 51 owners know the following: When the assets of Ithaca Gun Company were sold off in New York in 2005, they did not receive the serial numbers for the Model 51's.
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