The Indiana mafia is reported to have one, at least one. Maybe just a rumor.

One that was in my hands didn’t belong to The Godfather’s of Indiana .

In 1969 as a poor Navy E-3 I made my first pilgrimage to Kerr's Sport Shop in Beverly Hills. In the display counter in the gun department they had a fully optioned NID No. 7E, 20-gauge, 32-inch, but that was before I started keeping track of serial numbers.

In the Fall 2014 Julia's Auction they had NID 457439 a fully optioned No. 7E, 32-inch, 20-gauge, which I suspect was the gun I saw in 1969 as it had originally shipped to Tufts-Lyons Arms Co. in Los Angeles in 1930.

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It sold for $77,625 at the Julia's Auction. Those extra two-inches of barrel cost a lot. In the October 2016 Julia's Auction, 30-inch fully optioned 20-gauge No. 7E, 457447 went for $20,700.

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In the Fall 2017 Julia's Auction, 457466, No. 7E 20-gauge with 30- and 26-inch barrels didn't make reserve. Three long barrel No. 7E 20-gauges all in the 457xxx range. My No. 4E 30-inch 20-gauge is also in the 457xxx range.

Not a rumor Reggie, somehow I have managed to find 2 of these. Both are 20 gauge 4E with 32" VR Barrels. One will end up in PA with Mr. Ithaca himself some day :)

Dave, if you are tracking serial numbers shoot me a PM and I can get them to you if you have interest. I believe one is 454XXX and the other is in the 455 range.

As for now off to the woods we go :bigbye:

We need to take inventory of long barrel 20s!! Hope your hunt is a success!!

A friend has one he does not shoot. I will have him measure it

And The Godfather of Southern Indiana has spoken :whistle:

I just cannot forget that 32” NID Grade 3 20 that was advertised for sale for less than 1 day, I wonder where it went?
(for sale about 2-3 years back by Firearms Collectors)


Maybe someone here scooped it up quickly?

If so, would you be so kind to share pictures?

Stan

Been thumbing through the old Julia's Auction catalog archive and found a fourth No. 7E 20-gauge, also in the 457xxx range, 457510, a fully optioned 30-incher that went for $28,750 in the Spring 2008 auction --

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Ten years ago, a fully optioned 32-inch No. 4E 20-gauge went for less than ten grand --

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Stanley, I was almost over that gun and you bought it up again. :banghead::banghead: