I was searching on GB for a set of 10ga damascus tubes I could salvage for an arts project. Didn't have to be shootable but I wanted something that was originally of decent quality. No twist, no 'laminated' anything, preferably not thumbprint. Wanted something finer than that but condition doesn't matter because it's going to be cut up and refinished anyway. Found an Ithaca with bad pics and even worse description but the barrels looked pretty decent as far as I could tell. Threw the low opening bid on it and promptly forgot about it. Couple of days later I get the notification that I had 'won'. Won what? I didn't even remember bidding on it.

So I went back to read the description again and study the pictures a little more intensely. The gun has been tinkered with which I knew. Looking closely at the pics I think I understand the story now. I'm thrilled with the barrels for what I paid for them but now with the gun in hand,......even with the modifications,.....it's too nice to scrap out.

Can I link to a closed auction here to show the pictures? The seller didn't even know the gauge, listed it as 'possibly a 12'. I'm not set up to take any new ones right now.

Someone must have wanted a 'rifle'. The top rib has been drilled and tapped with 7-8 holes apparently for the fitting of rifle sights which are now gone. The underside of the right barrel has been engraved 9.3x74R so I'm guessing at one time it had at least one sleeve in it. The stock has been fitted with a ventilated pad and a sling swivel attached to the under rib. I'm no fan of Ithacas or American doubles in general, but it is a grade 1-1/2 Flues(1917) in excellent condition aside from the tinkering. Locks up like the proverbial vault. Barrels are as new inside and out. Even though "I" don't like it and don't want it as a 'gun', it seems like a shame to cut it up.

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