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Ugh! How bad is it out there?
Unread 10-17-2025, 09:51 PM   #1
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Default Ugh! How bad is it out there?

A friend has a nice New Ithaca Double shotgun with condition, 16 ga, Grade 2 IIRC.

Sounds nice, except it appears value on these are toast, although I can’t figure out precisely how bad.

What would you pay for this?
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Seems to me that value on all doubles has tanked recently. Side by sides are hard to sell and 12 ga guns are in a coma.
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A friend has a nice New Ithaca Double shotgun with condition, 16 ga, Grade 2 IIRC.

Sounds nice, except it appears value on these are toast, although I can’t figure out precisely how bad.

What would you pay for this?
Pics would help establish what someone would pay.
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Unread 10-18-2025, 08:30 AM   #4
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It is true that NID's, even with condition do not get the love that Parker or Fox guns do, I think that they do sell for a reasonable price. Especially sub gauges like the one you describe. It may take a little longer to sell though.
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I recall some engraving and so I guessed the grade. It’s only a field grade, and I generally avoid shotguns with recoil pads. 2 3/4” chambers, single trigger, but appears not to be factory work. Condition very good. 1939 production. What would you say for this?
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What make is the single trigger? And running a cleaning patch through those bores will make the gun more attractive.
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Plusses: 16 ga
Minuses (to me): SST, recoil pad
Deal maker or breaker: Fit and chokes.

This is a shooter and has no particular collectors interest. If it fit me, was choked modified and full, and I needed or wanted another pheasant gun, I would bite at $600. JMHO.
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What make is the single trigger?
That is Ithaca's Harry Howland designed non-selective single trigger. A minus selling point as far as I'm concerned. The non-selective single trigger was introduced in the second 1932 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog, the same one that introduced the Magnum-10 --

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While it was $6.50 on an NID, it was $4.60 on a Lefever Nitro Special and $3.50 on a Western Arms Long Range.
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