"Hammy" and his family were leading a bucolic, Running down old friends, one of whom was my former roommate, John Just returned from two years overseas, I was driving around the country I first discovered the delightful, little Model 49 in 1966. Patent, Martini patented the improved design in his own name. While freely admitting his design was derived from the Peabody Incorporating the complete firing mechanism within the breechblock Patented these details and principles in 1862 as a hammer-fired,Īnd Martini? Well, Friedrich von Martini, a Swiss, took the PeabodyĪction and eliminated Peabody's external hammer lock by Grooved breechblock that guides a fresh cartridge directly into theĬhamber? A simple mechanical extractor/ejector activated by the That pivots a centrally located breechblock up-and-down? A deeply Streamlined, graceful, slab-sided single-shot receiver? An underlever Peabody? But Ithaca's Model 49 action looks and functions likeĪ Martini! What do you think of when you think about a Martini? A Model 49 Saddlegun was actually the I last Peabody-inspired single-shot Like a lever-action repeater complete with ersatz magazine tube, the Youth-oriented rifle-training programs," the ad copy continued.įrom 1961 to 1978, approximately 500,000 Model 49 SaddlegunsĬhambered in. Shooters-earned the praise of their safety-minded parents and Model 49 Saddlegun has quickly won the hearts of the nation's young With quality, styling and all around good looks and then price it within
"PeopleĬlaimed it couldn't be done, build a. Saddlegun," shouted Ithaca's 1962 ad campaign. "Greatest Little Gun in the Land-The Ithaca Model 49 APA style: Greatest little gun: Ithaca's Peabody-inspired Model 49 Saddlegun was a unique single-shot.Greatest little gun: Ithaca's Peabody-inspired Model 49 Saddlegun was a unique single-shot. 2016 Publishers' Development Corporation 29 May. MLA style: "Greatest little gun: Ithaca's Peabody-inspired Model 49 Saddlegun was a unique single-shot.
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