The Ithaca Mag 10 is for 3 1/2" and the Super 10 is for 2 7/8" ?

If that's the case whats the difference between a Super 10 and any other NID 10 gauge 2 7/8" ?

I have an NID 10 from 22 or 23 I think .

I was wondering if the price on that gun was STOUT , but refrained from asking !

The NID was introduced in the 1926 Ithaca Gun Co. catalogue. All the 10-gauge NIDs on the regular frame, in the serial number range beginning at 425000, are Super-Tens. The 10-gauge Flues, Minier, Lewis, Crass, NIG, and Baker model Ithacas are not Super-Tens. That said I for several years watched a fellow shooting 3 1/2 inch Magnum-Ten shells in an ancient Damascus barrel Crass Model on the firing line above Stratford Refuge in the 1960s!!

So then since the one I have is an NID it wasn't made in 22 or 23 ?

And it IS a Super Ten then , correct ?

My NID 10 ,

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Yes. That is a Super-Ten. Much like my No. 2 from 1931 --

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I think I got my idea about date of manufacture from the Double Gun Journal seriel number thingy !

I wish the gun was out of the safe , I'd send you a PM and see if you could give me a more correct date of manufacture !

Thanks for all the info and clarification !

I like my old Ithaca but the stock doesn't exactly fit me correctly !

I took it out a year or so ago and shot two rounds of trap with it , and it barked me pretty well on the cheekbone .

I will say however with my 1 1/4 ounce loads and the rather tight chokes that gun will reach out there and touch them !

Does very nicely also with my handloaded #3 and 000 Buck handloads .

Bowled this little guy over in the 2013/2014 season on the next to last Saturday . I was shooting #3 Buck in the right barrel and 000 in the left .

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I looked at the gun in Las Vegas. The barrel flats are marked with the serial number, the choke markings 4 and 4, the numeral 2 for grade, the mark of the Ithaca employee that proofed the gun, and 3 1/2" Chambers.

Hmmm the picture I saw of the barrel flats I wasn't able to see the 3 1/2" markings .