C&R · II · 324
Ithaca double-barrel shotguns, before 1950
Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 11 ↗
Ithaca, double barrel shotguns actually mfd. in NY by the Ithaca Gun Co. Ithaca, NY. All gauges and all models, having barrels at least 18" in length and an overall length of at least 26", mfd. before 1950.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “mfd. in NY by the Ithaca Gun Co. Ithaca”
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having barrels at least 18" in length and an overall length of at least 26"”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1949 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “mfd. before 1950”
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 11 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. ithacagun.com ↗, years: company timeline: 1883, William Henry Baker and partners go into business as Ithaca Gun Company and start making side by side shotguns; ATF limits the entry at before 1950
- 2. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: 'Gun production started during latter half of 1883, at an industrial site located on Fall Creek, Ithaca, New York'
- 3. Wikipedia, “Ithaca Gun Company” ↗, country: American manufacturer of shotguns and rifles, established in Ithaca, New York
- 4. Wikipedia, “Double-barreled shotgun” ↗, action: a double-barreled shotgun is a break-action shotgun
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 2 changes · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1880–1949 → 1883–1949. Ithaca's own history and Gun Digest date the first Ithaca guns to 1883 (Wikipedia's 1880 founding date conflicts with its own 1883 text)
- Image review: article images and reference linksReference article: Ithaca Gun Company → none. Ithaca Gun Company is about the Ithaca Gun Company, not these shotguns
Historical context
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