Originally Posted by
hardcastonly
thats simply a picture I found on the internet for reference, for guys than may have never seen a road blocker 10 ga,
the one I'm looking at has matched wood and looks to be in better over all condition,
I already own a ITHACA mag 10 with a 32" full choke barrel, Ive used for decades.
BTW every time Ive ever had anyone I know have problems with any ITHACA 10 ga,
(and yeah I have 3 local guys I hunt with that own those shotguns)
it was due to almost non-existent maintenance, proper, lubrication and cleaning
simply careful,disassembly careful cleaning, lots of lube and your good to go for quite awhile ,
but if you put the gun back in the rack til next year without proper maintenance
like I've seen done on occasion, is looking for durability issues
(a quick spray down with WD40 is not maintenance)
I had a gun shop for a bunch of yrs, and I fully agree with you on how few folks do any decent cleaning or care of there guns
BUT this particular model gun was known for having a LOT of problems from the factory that were NOT cleaning related issue's, or solved by simply cleaning them!
it had a bunch of not so nice nick names from guns smiths of its era! LOL
just a heads up for you, feel free to do some deeper looking into this if you care to!, not bashing or anything here, just being honest with you based on yrs of experience with guns and gun smiths