Fox Collectors

I have been advised by the Cody Museum that Ithaca factory letters will be offered by early fall of this year.

Back in 2014 when the Remington Society had its Annual Seminar at Cody I saw large boxes on the receiving racks at the McCracken Research Library from Walter Snyder, but they didn't buy the idea of letting me snoop through them!!

And the cost for a letter?

Rogue Hunter wrote:And the cost for a letter?

My guess would be $75 same as other letters they offer.

I was not in favor of Walt's donation and told him so. Unfortunately, our friend hadn't found a better alternative. Walt has given me provenance on my meager Ithaca collection while he still had the files, and I am very grateful. His comments about my Sousa Grade Knick were especially valuable to me. Bill Murphy

The latest from Cody:

"We are still working with Ithaca on copyright permissions/legalities at this point. Members of the Cody Firearms Museum are allowed informal searches but we are not yet producing a factory letter."

That would be good.

As a member of the Cody Firearms Museum I sent in for an "informal" search on Feb.18. They told me it would take 24-48 hours. The next day they said it would be 1 week. They mentioned the records are not in any numerical order.

Then after a week went by:

"For now, we don’t have anything specific to your firearm... ...let me continue to work on this, but it is considered extended research at this point; our primary work comes before extended research."

So now it's been a month, so I won't hold my breath, but maybe not so bad compared to the wait for Savage letters.

I just received a factory letter from COLT for a SAA that I wanted more information. Colt uses a very professional procedure that works, you send in your request with no payment, they put your name on a list, when your name comes to the top, they ask for payment, once you pay the letter arrives in the next 2-3 weeks. When it arrives, it comes in a large flat envelope and looks very professional. The cost, $100.00 for the SAA, other models for Colt guns vary.

The Colt letter on my Colt Hammerless Double states that the stocks are -- Wood and that the finish is -- Blue

The only blue I see on the gun is the nitre blued trigger guard and top-lever.