Bullseye
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I could maybe get an image up here but my old hosting is kaput.
I was at a gun show today. I was bent on buying a Savage or a Stevens 12 GA double barrell but there were none there.
So I went to a guy who had a lot of higher end shotguns and asked him what his least expensive 12 GA was on the table. He showed me a Ithaca 12 GA NID. It had a tag of $795.00 on it but I got it for $500.00.
Since I have no image, I'll try to describe.
What I'd like to know is what year it was born
What do these normally fetch and
Does it having a single trigger make it more desirable.
It has clean bores and they are shiny, the wood has just old and honest small dings and the finish on the wood is dark and original and probably over 98 % remaining with no cracks or hairlines. It has the small tapered forearm wood, not the beavertail. The blue on the barrels is at least 85% and there might be an insignificant old touch up or a bluing boo boo or two.
There is no pitting or rust anywhere. It closes real tight. It has two nipples that indicate if the gun is cocked behind the receiver. The receiver was case colored but only a little shows now and had a factory engraving of a dog but it is faint as well as the other side engraving. It is probably from carrying in the woods.
Whomever went out a huntin with this, cared a lot for it and it appears it was kept clean and oiled. The plastic buttplate and the other on the bottom of the stock are in perfect shape. All the screws are original and none are boogered up.
It has 1 trigger, fires right barrell first.
If there were ever a typical, well cared for, used vintage gun to picture in your mind and find, this would be it. I love it!
The serial number is 434159
Thank you for any information you might be able to help me with.
All those I have found on the net have two triggers and different engraving and forearm.
I was at a gun show today. I was bent on buying a Savage or a Stevens 12 GA double barrell but there were none there.
So I went to a guy who had a lot of higher end shotguns and asked him what his least expensive 12 GA was on the table. He showed me a Ithaca 12 GA NID. It had a tag of $795.00 on it but I got it for $500.00.
Since I have no image, I'll try to describe.
What I'd like to know is what year it was born
What do these normally fetch and
Does it having a single trigger make it more desirable.
It has clean bores and they are shiny, the wood has just old and honest small dings and the finish on the wood is dark and original and probably over 98 % remaining with no cracks or hairlines. It has the small tapered forearm wood, not the beavertail. The blue on the barrels is at least 85% and there might be an insignificant old touch up or a bluing boo boo or two.
There is no pitting or rust anywhere. It closes real tight. It has two nipples that indicate if the gun is cocked behind the receiver. The receiver was case colored but only a little shows now and had a factory engraving of a dog but it is faint as well as the other side engraving. It is probably from carrying in the woods.
Whomever went out a huntin with this, cared a lot for it and it appears it was kept clean and oiled. The plastic buttplate and the other on the bottom of the stock are in perfect shape. All the screws are original and none are boogered up.
It has 1 trigger, fires right barrell first.
If there were ever a typical, well cared for, used vintage gun to picture in your mind and find, this would be it. I love it!
The serial number is 434159
Thank you for any information you might be able to help me with.
All those I have found on the net have two triggers and different engraving and forearm.
