![]() ![]() The slide and frame have matching serial numbers and the Parkerised finish is practically intact. 45 ACP M1911A1 produced by the Ithaca Gun Company in 1943. The istol that we are offering today is a. The inspector mark found on all Ithaca M1911A1 pistols is ‘FJA’ for Frank J. The quality of the Ithaca guns was just as high as the rest. The Ithaca Gun Company produced 400,000 M1911A1 pistols between 19, the same as Colt. Marshall also owned Ithaca double barrel shotguns. In 1917, Alfred Loomis and his brother-in-law, purchased 17,000 acres (69 km2) of Hilton Head Island, which they established as a private hunting preserve and purchased Ithaca shotguns for use by guests. Annie Oakley used an Ithaca Flues model in her competition and exhibition shooting. At the time Sousa was president of the American Trap Shooters Association and The Ithaca gun company named a shotgun in his honour, the Sousa Grade. The company was responsible for much of the early industry of Tompkins County, especially during World War I and World War II, and counted among its patrons John Philip Sousa, Annie Oakley, and Alfred Lee Loomis. ![]() The Ithaca Gun Company was established in Ithaca (NY) in 1883 by William Henry Baker and Leroy Smith together with several partners. The successor to the Colt Model of 1911 was adopted in 1924 and was manufactured by Colt as well as by new contractors, including Remington Rand, Ithaca Gun Company, Union Switch & Signal and Singer. Read on for another LSB journey in firearms history… The M1911A1 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the. This pistol was not produced by Colt, but by another of the appointed contractors, namely the Ithaca Gun Company of New York. ![]() We continue our journey through the history of the M1911A1 pistol by looking at another WWII military example from 1943. ![]()
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