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*VERY FINE ITHACA NID 4E WITH SINGLE TRIGGER, VENTILATED RIB, AND BEAVERTAIL FOREND. SN 454479. Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4″ Chambers. 30″ Barrels with raised ventilated rib are stamped with SN and grade marking on engine-turned bbl flats. Bottoms of bbls are stamped “Best Fluid Steel”. Case hardened NID action has pin cocking indicators, and is engraved in typical 4E style. Birds have been gold washed. Action is fitted with Miller type single trigger with selector incorporated with safety button. Well figured American walnut pistol grip buttstock measures 14″ over Ithaca marked sunburst pad. Checkering is of typical 4E style with double fleur de lis. Long beavertail forend is also checkered in 4E style. Bore diameter: left -.733, right -.732. Bore restrictions: left -.035, right -.037. Wall thickness: left -.028, right -.027. Drop at heel: 1-7/8″, drop at comb: 1-1/2″. Weight: 8 lbs. 3 oz. LOP 14″. PROVENANCE: Consignors letter stating history of this gun as he knows it attached to letter from Walter Snyder showing it was shipped to Cleveland Gun and Tackle Shop. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain nearly all their orig blue, with a few minor marks, rubs, and thinning. Action retains 70 – 80% orig case hardening color, silvered around fences and on bottom. Stocks retain nearly all of a shiny varnish finish with a few minor marks. Incipient crack is in forend running from front of latch into checkering. Pad is a correct replacement. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. (Hook shows evidence of having been welded and re-fit.) Ejectors and trigger work. A fine 4E trap gun with every available option. 4-40352 MGM59 (3,750-4,750)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011
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