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ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS OUR MOST DIVISIVE PRESIDENT.
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How do you know modified and full? Was the wood refinished?
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How do you know modified and cylinder? Was the wood refinished?
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RECENTLY ACCEPTED CONSIGNMENT OF 12 GAUGE ITHACA NID THAT LOOKS LIKE A SKEET GUN. ACCORDING TO CONSIGNER IT IS ONE OF A SMALL QUANTITY OF GUNS ORDERED BY THE ARMY AIR FORCE IN 1942 TO TRAIN AERIAL GUNNERS IN THE BASIC SHOOOTING SKILLS REQUIRED TO HIT MOVING TARGETS. HAVE HEARD OF THESE GUNS BEFORE, BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER. ANY INPUT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. SEE GUNBROKER ITEM #178449597 FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND PITCHERS. Why are you shouting?
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chokes measure mod and cylinder with my handy dandy galazan choke gauge. wood finish looks pretty good. checkering is sharp. wood could have been redone. if so, long ago.
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The U.S. Government purchased 1,506 LC Smiths for aerial training...purchased through Rochester Ordnance...serial number range 197,321--May 9, 1942.....thru.....202,813--April 9, 1943
Field Grade 1,477 Ideal Grade 20 Wild Foul 9 -------------- Total 1,506
These guns were marked on the barrel flats with USA and USAF (US Army Forces) and a flaming ordnance bomb usually...........and commonly seen for sale at various sites.........(the U.S. Air Force did not come to be until 1948----prior to '48 it was the U.S. Army Air Corps)
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From the pictures, the action looks to have been blued. I believe NID's usually left the factory color case hardened but perhaps they finished the military orders differently? Maybe it's just the pictures and not blued at all...
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receiver is blued, with no evidence of ever being case colored.
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two bits of info. an ithaca collector remembers reading somewhere that the army did order several hundred model 37 pump guns and about 200 nid's for aerial gunner training purposes. also, heard from an ex army flyer trainee who remembers shooting clay birds with one of these at macdill field in florida in 1943!
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They also used Remmy M31's. Years ago, I bought a Army surplus stock for my Dad's M31 from SARCO
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