Quite the cool history Researcher. What a neat exchange between Ithaca and the Owner and thank you for sharing that. Was a different era when we had to write letters. Maybe a better time. I have too many guns according to my wife and I guess it's hard to argue with her when you start approaching triple digits. I have enough modern guns to beat around with. Like most of you guys I just always loved the look, feel, and idea of a vintage double and now I'm going to buy one to put in the safe to keep my Remington model 10, Winchester 1873, Remington Model 14, Colt Single Action Army, Remington model 341...and all the other junk I have bought over the years company on the "old gun side".