Ithaca Gun Company
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| Industry | Firearms |
| Predecessor | W.H. Baker Company |
| Founded | Ithaca, New York, United States (1880) |
| Founder | Leroy Smith and William Henry Baker |
| Headquarters | Upper Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. |
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Area served
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Global |
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Key people
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David Dlubak |
| Products | Shotguns and Rifles |
| Parent | Ithaca Acquisition, Inc |
| Website | www.ithacagun.com |
The Ithaca Gun Company is a manufacturer of shotguns and rifles originally established in Ithaca, New York in 1880.
Over the years, Ithaca made numerous firearms, most notably the Ithaca Flues double barrel shotgun, the all-time best-selling American made double, and the Ithaca 37 shotgun.
Ithaca became famous for building firearms based on expired patents owned by Remington Arms. With the Emil Flues designed Ithaca double, which became the best selling American double of all time with more than 223,000 produced between 1908 and 1926, Ithaca drove Remington out of the double gun market. Ithaca also produced the M1911 pistol during World War II and the M3 Grease Gun during Korean War, both for the United States military. Its 12-gauge shotguns were the standard used by the Los Angeles Police Department and New York Police Department, and even sold to the Royal Thai Army in the early 1980s to arm farmers against communist infiltrators. Its hunting shotguns were known for their fine decorative work, typically waterfowl or hunting dogs. In 1989, Remington purchased a design from Ithaca, the Mag-10 shotgun, which they produced as the SP-10.
Around 1877, Leroy Smith went into business with William Henry Baker. They moved the W.H. Baker Company, which manufactured double- and triple-barreled shotguns, from Center Lisle, New York to Syracuse. In 1883, Baker, Smith, and several partners moved to Ithaca and established the original Ithaca Gun Company. 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 later patrons John Philip Sousa and Annie Oakley.
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