The most comprehensive coverage of these is probably in the book "The Ithaca Gun Company: From the Beginning" by Snyder. Check with Amazon and others. It is not uncommon to see copies advertised at www.gunbroker.com for $100 or so.
The serial number you posted does not match any data from Ithaca records. The link below is to the accepted table of manufacturing dates for Ithaca shotguns. Values can range from $200-$450, depending on the exact version and the condition.
You can find these numbers in the manual that come with your gun. They are also present on the handle of the gun.
Yes. Website: Double Barreled Shotguns, High Grade Shotguns Dates of Production
Go to WWW.Ithacagun.com Click on Resourses Click on Ithaca Serial Numbers A new Window will pop up ..... Models, Serial Numbers, and Manufacturing dates Scroll down to model 37 repeater pump Scroll down to Year All Models 1965 891001- 927000 This is your answer
For whatever help this is on 20 Aug 05, I am holding an Ithaca M49 which shows that the serial number is 9 digits long and stamped into the left front side, parallel to the barrel, and forward of the trigger in the action case. I hope this helps, Brad This is 28 Aug 05, my Ithaca M-49 has a 6 digit serial number, and is also stamped on the left front side, parallel to the barrel, and forward of the trigger. Dan The earliest (around 1962) models of the M49 Saddlegun didn't have serial numbers. The serial numbers were added to the lower left of the receiver in the later 1960s as required by the gun act of 1968. I don't recall the exact dates.
They all should have serial numbers if not you have a counter fit
The sn you list dates to 1978.
H&R had a system of putting a single letter before the serial numbers of their shotguns from 1940-1982.If yours does not have this then it could be made before or after the dates listed.If your shotgun has a model number please include this in your description to better pinpoint the year of production.
If it is a Model 1911 or 1911A1 Government then it was made in Ithaca in 1945. The last one made in Ithaca was Serial number 2665318. a check with 'www.sightm1911.com/1911production.htm' lists this serial number as a Remington Rand 1945. double check if you get the chance............. I use proofhouse.com as my colt bible R.L.Wilson dates of colt mfg. lists Serial # 2619014 to 2693613 as Ithaca gun made in 1945. Soooooooooo, looks like sightm1911 site not on the money,but you are........ Had to give you a point on that one................... Thanks, I accept......... lol
Your serial number letter prefix of the letter X was used from 1947-1953 on all Browning auto-5 shotguns chambered in 16ga.Your serial number dates to the year 1953.
Your shotgun was made for Montgomery Ward stores by Savage/Stevens/Springfield, and is their Model 59A. This gun was made from 1934-1973. If your shotgun has no serial numbers, it was made prior to 1968. Serial numbers were not required by law on rifles and shotguns until then. Unfortunately, we can't really nail down dates for most of the "store brand" guns other than the dates that the parent model was made, as there are few public records for these guns.
Ithaca - 2015 was released on: USA: 31 December 2015