Ithaca M87...thought I'd sell; nope.

MuttCat said:

I bought an Ithaca 12 ga back around 1989 or so. It is basically a M37 renamed the M87 by the company's new owners at that time. Real nice, all steel, walnut, and it pretty much stayed in the back of the truck and got crapped up.

I tore it down eventually and did it over. Sent the receiver and field barrel out for a quality refinishing. I did the stock and replaced the "dipped in plastic" finish with oil. Beautiful, nicer than oem.

All the choke tubes. Sling mounts, bought a Hastings rifled slug barrrel...never used, still. Long eye relief bushnell...nothing fancy but works great with the cantilever mounting. Also got a turkey tube come to think of it.

So its been on the wall for decades now, and I got thinking I'd sell it. Went online, discovered the latest on Ithaca and the story behind the M87 and the slug barrel, and more I read up the less I wanted to part with it. After farting around for a couple of weeks I can't bring myself to part with.

It's highly likely I'll never use it again, health issues part of the problem, but geez the value of all the stuff...I'd never get it back.

Ever been in the same boat?

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technicalgadget said:

Sell it while your alive, cause your gonna wind up rolling in your grave crying when you find out how much your significant other sells it for.

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