Back in the 1960s Ithaca Gun Co. did a tabulation of the NIDs. It showed a total of twenty-two No. 7E NIDs. They broke out the smallbores and the Magnum-Framed guns, showing two .410-bores, two 28-gauges, two Magnum-Twelves and one Magnum-Ten, so that leaves fifteen to be divided up between 12-, 16- and 20-gauges.

First one I ever saw was a 20-gauge at Kerr's Sport Shop in Beverly Hills in early 1970 when I was a U.S. Navy E3. Pretty sure it is the one that showed up in Julia's Auction in 2014 --

http://jamesdjulia.com/item/2459-369/

I've seen another 20-gauge, three or four 12-gauges, and this 28-gauge that Steve Barnett had for sale a few years back --



with straight grip, vent rib, SST and beavertail.

I've never seen any tabulations for how many No. 7s were made in the Crass, Lewis, Minier and Flues Models.

Last edited by Researcher; 01/07/16 03:23 PM.