ITHACA M49 SADDLEGUN [M-49] MODEL 49 [PUTRAS] - 25 YARDS / 100 METERS & RAM CHALLENGE! - Ep. 21 

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It does my heart good to see lots of videos about the little Ithaca. I found one in a pawn shop over 30 years ago and bought it cheap. It was beat up and abused but very accurate and fun. I taught all 8 kids and now my grandkids how to shoot with it starting with shorts. I cant count how many rounds have been through it just since i have had it and judging by the extreme wear i can only imagine how many before me and the kids. I have a large collection of 22s and this is by far my and the families favorite. Its put food on the table. Rid the property of varmints and provided years of fun for everyone. I have never seen one in person besides mine so your video is awesome for me. Its a treat to see such a pretty gun. Thanks

I was given my M49 when I was 8 years old, in 1966, by a hunter and good friend in my dad's hunting camp, the "Buckhorn Hunting Club" in Santa Clara, NY. I still have it, and it still shoots well.

Unfothombly based.

Swell video, I got my model 49 in early 1980's and paid $40 for it. Mine is the standard model with plain-Jane stocks. It has the same front sight as yours. I bought it because I'd burn ammo by the brick at the range using my 10/22 and Mitchell 50rd "teardrop" magazine. I wanted something simpler and less ammo hungry. It's an accurate gun for sure. I like the Peabody/Martini action and (safety conscious) rebounding firing pin. I've shot all rimfire fodder from 6mm Flobert to Aguila hyper velocity stuff and never had problems. Even truncated ammo loads easily. Good training too, having to make each shot count. A very good beginners gun and way better than any air rifle due to its ammo versility. Knocking over (not just hitting) one pound ram silhouettes @ 100 meters with open sights is quite impressive, fuhgeddaboudit.

A year or so ago, I picked up a used M49 for a really good price... and I don't remember how much it was. It's the basic model, but it had something special about it. This one had a scope mount, which attaches to the side of the rifle, and will only accept a basic 4x15 scope. The iron sights remain available, with the scope off to the left. So often, these great little rifles go unloved, because people see them and think lever action repeater, and lose interest when they find out it's a single shot. Savage and Stevens (and maybe a few other companies) made rifles exactly the same as the M49, and the parts are interchangeable. I think one of them even made rifles for Sears as well. I have, I think, the Stevens version as well. It even has a brass saddle ring.

Hey Cat, nice old rifle. Very nice in fact. Just curious, what the is the tube magazine for? Good shooting as always.

Any tips on cleaning and restoring

Theres a beat up one on GB im trying to win atm.

*promo sm*

THAT CINDERBLOCK ACTS LIKE A GRINDER WHEEL RUBBING ON THE LEVER ERY SHOT!!!---NOT GOOD!!!