Factory shells in this range are almost always #6 or smaller shot, so handloading might be in order if you want something else. To be sure, shoot only 3 or 3 1/4 dram equivalent shells. Knew one fellow who had a similar era 20ga, shot Express and about the 3rd (or 4th) case of shells he went through the receiver cracked. Your gun would probably stand a limited amount of shooting with 3 3/4dr eq loads, but I would NOT recommend it. The letter included a short message from the VP at the time, saying to avoid the "express" loads, as they are not needed and "akin to threading a needle with a bulldozer" (his exact words, ) I have a letter from Ithaca to my Grandfather, dated 1949, he was asking them about the guarantee on the springs (never to set), and they replied it was still good. 3 or 3 1/4dr eq loads are fine in these guns (provided the guns are mechanically sound). The gun has "fluid steel barrels" and is safe for smokeless powder. 26" choked full/full, and stock made to his dimensions. I have my Grandfather's Ithaca SxS (I think its the Flues model) that I know he bought new, and to his order in 1909.
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