I still believe that Ithaca's 'Flues' of all the models Ithaca produced was the best fitted and engraved, IMHO even better than the Lewis. However, you cannot overlook the fact that besides its looks the Flues had that wicked lock time!! Did that however transfer to wins on the trap field and if that's the case was that the reason for its huge profitability over all other designs????
All the best