Ithaca Model 49 single shot .22 for 50$ sale never knew they existed

[saiga308]

humm looks kinda cool a lever action single shot price seems right

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Yep, handy little rifles, got a buddy who keeps one by the back door for "varmints". He has a butt stock shell holder on his with both rat shot and hollow point shells and then loads as needed.

 

[skeeterfogger]

Also the 49R repeater. Only issue I've heard about is the extractor.

 

[.455_Hunter]

I like the Martini action.

 

[someguy2800]

I saw a couple of them at a pawn shop for $100. I didn't know what they were but when I saw that price tag on a lever action 22 I snatched it off the shelf. Was pretty disapointed to find out it was actually a single shot and the mag tube is a dummy. I probably would have bought one for like 40 bucks just for the heck of it, but for $100 it just looked like worn out junk.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I like the Martini action.

I always thought it would be cool to fit one of these with a full military stock as a poor-mans Martini/ Henry Cadet trainer.

 

[Speedo66]

Are they steel, aluminum, or zamac?

 

[.455_Hunter]

Every time I see a Martini style rifle with the action open and a cartridge being loaded, the opening bars of the "Zulu" theme goes through my head, even if it's just an Ithaca .22 and a lady in white...

 

[entropy]

Aluminum. I have two in my safe I have to get back to my best friend. He lent them to me three years ago for 4-H, and I replaced the extractors and springs for him. Great first kid's gun.

 

[MI2600]

I bought mine at a garage sale several years ago for $40. And, yes the extractor can be a problem. The 49 is really complicated, I fixed my extractor problem with a spring out of a ballpoint pen.

 

[yzguy87]

Shot my first squirrel with one of these!

 

[MacAR]

Dad used to have one, probably still does. Carried it in his truck for ages til he got a WMR. Like someone else said, I always wanted to make a mini-Martini out of one. It wouldn't take much, just a little modification to the lever, and making a new forend. Matter of fact, that might make for a nice little project.

Mac

 

[chicharrones]

Cool little rifles. My dad had one that got utterly ruined by storm surge seawater from a hurricane in 2008.

 

[MI2600]

MacAR,
With an aluminum (or whatever alloy) frame, I doubt the gun would survive a lot of punishment from a caliber much larger than .22 mag. After I was satisfied my extractor problem was resolved, I test fired it and it became a wall hanger. It might be a good trainer for a youngster.

 

[MacAR]

MacAR,
With an aluminum (or whatever alloy) frame, I doubt the gun would survive a lot of punishment from a caliber much larger than .22 mag. After I was satisfied my extractor problem was resolved, I test fired it and it became a wall hanger. It might be a good trainer for a youngster.

I wouldn't change the caliber, only the appearance of the rifle. You do make a good point, however.

Mac

 

[MI2600]

MacAR,
Yes, I believe we can definitely rule out the .500 Glockenspieler magnum.

 

[MedWheeler]

someguy2800 writes:

I saw a couple of them at a pawn shop for $100. I didn't know what they were but when I saw that price tag on a lever action 22 I snatched it off the shelf. Was pretty disapointed to find out it was actually a single shot and the mag tube is a dummy. I probably would have bought one for like 40 bucks just for the heck of it, but for $100 it just looked like worn out junk.

That happened to me at a gun show back in 1988 or so. The gun was a Stevens Model 89, also a falling-block, lever-actuated single in .22LR with a faux magazine tube. Thought it was a "real" lever gun at first, but the $30 I paid for it was still worth it. I still have the gun.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

A good friend had one that his Dad bought him when he was a kid. He was never able to hit anything with hit (the sights were off), but he enjoyed it. Later on in life he needed some money so he sold it to his sister & when he got back on his feet she would not sell it back to him. I had one that I got cheap years ago so I called him up & told him I had something for him & next time he was in my neighborhood to drop by. You should have seen the look on his face. I asked him how it shot & he said he everything he aimed at so the sights on it must be on.. It would make a dandy first gun.

 

[Ironhand54]

My aunt had one when I was a kid. I thought it was cool.

As an adult I got my hands on an original Martini-Henry, made in 1887. Extraordinary piece of engineering. Simple and yet robust. Soldier proof. Wish someone made a modern version. It would make a great big bore action or PCC.

IronHand

 

[whatnickname]

When I was a youngster you could buy one of those new for $20.00. I wanted one of those in the worst way but when you’re 9 years old, back in the 50s, $20.00 might just as well have been 20 million dollars.

 

[entropy]

I just dropped the two off that I mentioned in post #9. He was glad to get them back, he's got quite a collection if 'boy's first .22 rifle's" going for his 2 year old grandson.

 

[Picher]

Bought mine when I was in high school in the early 1960s, when I was trading often. It was cheap, the extractor wasn't great, and I got rid of it within a few weeks. Couldn't mount a scope or receiver sight on it, but it carried well.