*RARE PROTOTYPE ITHACA SEMI-AUTO SHOTGUN.

*RARE PROTOTYPE ITHACA SEMI-AUTO SHOTGUN. Cal. 20 ga. SN EX 1. Rare gas operated prototype with 24” plain rnd bbl, modified choke with single brass bead. It is mounted with very beautiful, highly figured, fleur de lis & ribbon carved and checkered American walnut with an unusual wrap-a-rnd style forearm with a stepped nose extension. It has a hard-rubber capped pistol grip stock 13-5/8” over a Winchester embossed hard-rubber buttplate that looks like it may have been orig to the gun. There is no visible safety. It is bottom load and bottom eject with an unusual slide release where one must reach inside the loading port to depress a button. This exact shotgun is listed on p. 223 under the title “Historic Ithaca Guns” in the book The Ithaca Gun Company, Snyder. This certainly is a rare and historic item and presumably one of kind. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about all of its high gloss blue with two or three tiny spots of pitting. Receiver retains about 95% dark original blue with some flaked areas on the left top side and a few spots of fine pitting. Forearm has a hairline on each side of the tip, otherwise the wood is sound with minor nicks and scratches and a small scrape by the buttplate and retains virtually all of its orig glossy varnish. Mechanics are fine. Bright, shiny bore. 4-56693 (2,250-3,250)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1474	$2,415.00	RARE PROTOTYPE ITHACA SEMI-AUTO SHOTGUN. Cal. 20 ga. SN EX 1. Rare gas operated prototype with 24” plain rnd bbl, modified choke with single brass bead. It is mounted with very beautiful, highly figured, fleur de lis & ribbon carved and checkered American walnut with an unusual wrap-a-rnd style forearm with a stepped nose extension. It has a hard-rubber capped pistol grip stock 13-5/8” over a Winchester embossed hard-rubber buttplate that looks like it may have been orig to the gun. There is no visible safety. It is bottom load and bottom eject with an unusual slide release where one must reach inside the loading port to depress a button. This exact shotgun is listed on p. 223 under the title “Historic Ithaca Guns” in the book The Ithaca Gun Company, Snyder. This certainly is a rare and historic item and presumably one of kind. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about all of its high gloss blue with two or three tiny spots of pitting. Receiver retains about 95% dark original blue with some flaked areas on the left top side and a few spots of fine pitting. Forearm has a hairline on each side of the tip, otherwise the wood is sound with minor nicks and scratches and a small scrape by the buttplate and retains virtually all of its orig glossy varnish. Mechanics are fine. Bright, shiny bore. 4-56693 (2,250-3,250) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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