established  in 1883
in Ithaca, New York

• firearms based on expired patents owned by Remington Arms
• also purchased patents from other firearm designers
• 1883 established the original Ithaca Gun Company
  – original factory was located in the Fall Creek
  – nearby waterfall supplied the main source of energy
• 1895 Emil Flues invented a double barrel shotgun with only three moving parts per barrel
• 1907 Ithaca bought the patent and upgraded the design
  – became the best selling American double of all time
  – Ithaca drove Remington out of the double gun market
• World War II produced the M1911 pistol
• Korean War produced the M3 Grease Gun
• 1967 was sold to Jerry Baldritch & Assoc
• December 1978 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• September 1985 filed bankruptcy a second time
• 1987 new owners Ithaca Acquisition, Inc.
  – moved to King Ferry, New York
• 1989, Remington purchased the Mag-10 shotgun
  – they produced as the SP-10
•  2002 and 2004 moved 6,000 tons of lead-contaminated material
  – with cost of $4.8 million
• 2005 moved to larger facilities in Auburn, NY
• 2005 sold all assets, trademarks, and manufacturing rights to the Marshalls from Upper Sandusky, Ohio
• All prints, programs, and processing were converted to CNC
• March 2006 original factory was condemned only the smokestack remains
  – lead  Superfund remediation effort
• June 2007 Dave Dlubak purchased the company
• 2015 more clean up necessary

• Annie Oakley used an Ithaca Flues model in her competition and exhibition shooting
•  John Philip Sousa – the Sousa Grade, a shotgun in his honor

Ithaca Gun Company
420 N. Warpole Street
Upper Sandusky, OH 43351

419-294-4113

ithacagun.com