Magnum frame NID Ithacas run from serial number 500000 made for Capt. (Major) Chas. Askins (later made famous by Elmer Keith) to 501011. The published listings Ithaca put out back in the 1960s shows --

Magnum-Ten

Field -- 574
No. 1 -- 58
No. 2 -- 164
No. 3 -- 24
No. 4 -- 56
No. 5 -- 10
No. 7 -- 1
total -- 887

Magnum-Twelve

Field -- 37
No. 1 --
No. 2 -- 24
No. 3 --
No. 4 -- 14
No. 5 -- 9
No. 7 -- 2
Sousa -- 1
Total -- 87

Leaving 38 serial numbers unaccounted for. One being this No. 1E Magnum-Twelve #500155 --



Very likely one needant remove one's socks to count the number of rightious Magnum-Ten Parker Bros. doubles built.



Last edited by Researcher; 08/22/12 06:56 PM.