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From reading all this, I can't tell if the gun is safe to shoot. If it were mine, I'd be inclined to fire a hot load in each barrel from a distance with a length of string tied to the trigger. If it looked fine after that, I'd go hunting and forget about all the negative comments.

Cyanide treatment by Les at Diamond Gunsmithing, Ithaca, NY on a 1926 era Ithaca NID..

EdM, that sure is a nice shotgun - perfect gauge too. Enjoy.

Jorge, you always have some nice guns to show - that Ithaca is no exception.

That looks like a proper Ithaca. Not the junk that EdM bought.

For those that like the torch jobs however, there is a guy on gunbroker that specializes in them. Ed Good. He's your man.

Thanks. I posted another thread on it Col., this particular shotgun was owned by my wife's Great Grandfather. The gun was basically very sound structurally (from a layman's perspective anyway), but the CCHs were about 90% gone, the lever was bent, one cocking indicator did not work, the buttplate was missing a piece and the checkering was pretty worn. It was a year and a half wait, but Les was very reasonable and now the gun can stay in the family. I plan to take it bird hunting this season. It's a 12ga 2.75'. J

What are its chokes? Full and Fuller?

Mine say 2& 4

The choke designation is often stamped on the barrel flats.
'0' is cylinder bore.
'1' is improved cylinder.
'2' is modified.
'3' is improved modified.
'4' is full choke."

Those would be my preferred setup.

Things that are fed by a tube.

Yeah. If it included a dilddo on the cheekpiece.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Has anyone else made this offer yet?

EdM, in view of your value here at the 'Fire and to society at large, I am willing to take that potentially dangerous shotgun off of your hands at absolutely no cost to yourself. Hey, it's the least I can do.

Like a vegetable?

Jealous? Actually, it wasn't that nice. The seller refused to sell just the Piotti, but insisted I buy both. I think I paid $5400 or so for it at the time. As I said, I suspect a large part of the work on it was done in Spain. Nothing wrong with that, unless you're H&H and representing it as English. William Larkin Moore will have a record of the transaction, but it was long ago. I paid more for the Westlake, which is now worth $10000-$12000. Not for sale.

You gals should go and find a forum where you can talk about your new Gucci handbag.

So you are offering to give him what he paid for it.

Anyone that is buying/selling the type of guns you claim, and don't have the ability/tools to measure something as basic as barrel thickness, is an idiot. You sound like a name dropping windbag.

I wasn't going to step into this thread, but you named a notorious seller who needs to be exposed more, IMO.

To all here, avoid Ed Good!

I bought and sold the guns I mentioned. It was a learning experience. The Beesley was an eye opener. So was that 10 gauge. I never got hurt financially, but I learned to avoid buying old guns from people I don't know. The last "old" gun I bought was a circa 1968 Beretta BL-4 in 20 gauge. Not perfect, but really nice. Weighs just under 6#. I've killed limits of ducks with it, and even geese with the WW Xpert load of 3/4 ounce of 6s. Pretty cool. By the way,we refer to this as the Perfect Limit:





Most of my more recent purchases have been new or nearly new Beretta 680 series. Very safe buys, for my money some of the best barrels in the world. The actions and lock mechanisms are excellent as well. I'll hold on to the Piottis, the Merkel, the Grulla. Wouldn't mind moving the CSMC.

Think of it this way. Old American boxlocks were relatively inexpensive and bought as shooters, so were heavily used. The odds of finding one in excellent condition are very low. If you find one that looks too good to be true, rest assured it is. The gun in this thread has had a pad added, probably in the 1960s, maybe before. It should be easy to tell if the stock has been refinished, it most assuredly was. Maybe even restocked. It has been torched. Not sure about when this gun was made, but I think Ithaca first mentioned 2 3/4" chambers in their 16 gauge guns in 1934. Nothing about the gun doesn't say run away to me. But then, I learned the hard way.