I wonder if that lovely little No. 2E Ithaca actually started life with a pistol grip of an Auto & Burgler?
That stock, while of at least No. 4 wood, has the checkering pattern on the grip of the 1935 and later Field Grades. A half-pistol grip is pretty rare on NID era Ithacas. In fact the only one I've seen, before this, is on my No. 4E 20-gauge NID --
