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The only NID I want back is a mint 32" vent rib 20 gauge field grade. It was one sleek gun. I let it go, turned it over to a friend who is only interested in 32" guns. The gun was probably made post 1950 from the most leftover of leftover parts, but fitted very well. It is quite a gun. My other Ithacas are Knicks in Victory, 4E, and 5E, wonderful guns all three.
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I looked over a nice NID 3E 20 bore about 4 years ago at a gun show- smallish beavertail, pg with cap and red Sunbursting pad, SST, Ejectors- std. flat rib- Dealer said it had 28" barrels, but when I scaled them with my trusty Stanley tape rule- I got 26 & 5/8" each time- and you could see the hacksaw teeth marks faintly in the rib keels at the muzzle-
He was asking $2500 for it- I did ask permission to dis-assemble it- the numerical choke marks on the barrel flats were 3 for the right barrel and 4 for the left- or Imp. Mod and Full- so my guess is- some grouse hunter shortened the tubes to get more open patterns-
Did Ithaca NID's have the wide array of frame sizes as did the Parkers?
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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The stock on clampdaddy's "star" variant is cranked down pretty low as JoE notes. Look back at Dustin's 16 from the thirties; much straighter comb; different idea on how to get the wood on the wood.
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Hope you can hit anything with it...the stock dimensions look kinda sad. I'm by no means a great shot but I'm lucky in that I can pick up most any shotgun and shoot it as mediocrely well as any other...except for one. My Browning Maxus. I bought it last duck season and I can break clay all day with it but I've had a heckuva time with it while hunting. Shimmed the stock and I still shoot high unless I have time to mount the gun and get the barrel lined up before the shot.
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Heck at the price you bought it for have the whole gun restocked to fit you. A field grade Ithaca 12 gauge ain't holding much value original or otherwise.
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My NID is a good reliable workhorse traditional double. I don't pretend this gun is a Purdy or Holland & Holland or any of the nice Italian doubles. It's an Ithica NID. If you can pick one up for +/- $500 to $1,000, it sure beats the heck out of paying the same money for a new 870 etc. I recently had the chance to shoot a Maxus. A brand new line that is a Sporting Clays edition with the most beautiful grade of wood I have ever seen on an autoloader. It was the only one in this country. This was a really nice shooting gun, but I do not want to hijack this thread so I apologize for getting side tracked. Hope you can hit anything with it...the stock dimensions look kinda sad. I'm by no means a great shot but I'm lucky in that I can pick up most any shotgun and shoot it as mediocrely well as any other...except for one. My Browning Maxus. I bought it last duck season and I can break clay all day with it but I've had a heckuva time with it while hunting. Shimmed the stock and I still shoot high unless I have time to mount the gun and get the barrel lined up before the shot.
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I dont want what I said taken out of context. I got the 3 Ithacas I mentioned from a local farmer, who had picked them up at farm sales over the years. They were too good to pass up at the price. I shot them, as I said, hunted them, and liked them. I didnt find anything ugly or particularly clumsy about them. BUT I am a Lefever guy,and dont keep much except those. FYI: I picked up a Parker from the same gentleman, didnt keep it eother...
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