A quick visual scan of the records indicates Ithaca shipped their first 410 NID in July of 1926. I have copies of letters indicating dealers originally ordered a fair quantity of 28 gauges but then cancelled most of them. Hence, not much market interest and no mention of them in the early NID catalogs. They had been making 28 gauge Flues guns for a long time(circa 1912 ish but that's from memory, could be a bit off) A quick visual scan of the records spotted a few 28 gauges shipped during September of 1926.
A ton of 12/30s followed by 12/28 followed by 16/28, 12/32. 20/28 etc. 410s and 28s were at the bottom of the sales/demand chart.

Last edited by Walter C. Snyder; 02/23/09 06:44 PM.