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You know guys people keep posting about the NID and sooner or later people are going to catch on. And you know what that means before you know it their prices will be through the roof.
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I still consistently see NID's selling for less than Nitro Specials. Graded NID's would be an even better value had Nitros been made in larger numbers, in some graded form. That would even further depress the NID value. Now I can understand the late Nitros, with special features, bring more than the regular Nitros but when I see a beater Nitro listed for $600.00 and a NID right along with it in the same or better condition for $400.00, I have to shake my head. Then I have stop try to see if I can afford to pass on the NID.
I think part of it is that Ithaca doubles are hard for many sellers to figure out which model they have. A Nitro Special is easy to find in a price guide, but a Ithaca NID and Flues seems to almost always get lumped together and the older Flues does decrease the value of the NID. The Lefever name still hold a lot of interest even to this day. We know that the Lefever and Nitro are not even remotely connected except by a marketing under his name. Just like the Fox model B and AH Fox are two vastly different guns. Names do count in marketing.
I have several NIDs in the project rack in the gun room. Maybe someday I will get around to using a few of them on a upgrade project. They have decent lines and are a trim receiver that should lend itself to any number of enhancements.
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They're getting up there though. There's a "star" version field grade 12 in a local shop that was factory refurbished, it's stamped "R" on the watertable. Looks new except for the case color, it's not as bright as it should be. Apparently Ithaca used the torch method for redoing the case.
I'de like to own the gun but it's tagged at $1100, I guess the refurb cost a good penny and he's trying to recoup some of that.
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Towards the end of Ithaca in Ithaca, a buddy of mine sent a great little Grade 3E NID 20-gauge with 26-inch vent rib barrels up to the custom shop to be refurbished and have a beavertail forearm added. When it was returned the receiver had been torched and he was sick!!
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