Stan, I believe it. This year at the Southern, a friend from Louisiana brought his great uncles 16 ga. Ideal with 32" barrels, HOT and ejectors and had it on display at the L.C. Smith tent.
His great uncle bought it in 1924 from Von Lengerke & Antoine (Chicago) and used it for duck hunting for the "French Market". He had asked his uncle how many ducks he shot with it and the uncle said 3 car loads and he asked how many ducks fit into the trunk of a car, his reply was no 3 box cars. His great uncle along with other family members bought 1200 acres of marsh at the mouth of the West Pearl river and later the spot was called Hog Island. They knew what time the train came by and would meet it and load the ducks and muskrats for the markets in New Orleans.

A Research letter from our organization stated it was 1 of 148 Ideal Grades in 16 ga. with 32" barrels and only 83 made identical to it and only 4 like it produced in 1924.

I had asked him to write an article for the L.C. Smith journal and it was in the Summer 2016 journal.

A Research letter for yours would tell you the same.

David