Interesting thread. I didn't know about the connection between the Ithaca/Erma rifles and the present Henry line.
There are also "Ithaca lever action" single shot shotguns using a break action with underlever. Can't remember the model number but they must have been fairly popular because I see them now and again. The lady proprietor of my favorite gunshop tells me that they don't stay on the rack long! She had a .410 of this type and a guy bought it before I had a chance to look it over. Looked like the receiver might be made of Zamac (sp?) a popular zinc/aluminum alloy used in inexpensive gun frames and major parts for a time in the mid-20th Century.
