That is a fine Grade 2 Magnum 10 you picked up Phil, doesn't appear to have been used hard and then neglected like some we see.

In my experience, most Ithaca Magnum 10's and 12's that I've observed with what appeared to be original pads, they were wearing the Hawkins red pad with the heart shaped vents. I also have a few that I acquired with the Hakins red rifle pad with the straight slots which I just never really cared for and plan to have them switched out.

Just my opinion, but you really need to have a correct pad installed on that lovely Ithaca while letting your shoulder and hand heal:)

As Dave mentioned, there doesn't seem to be no rhyme or reason as to when cocking indicators were used or not. I have consecutive serial #'s 500,030 and 500,031, both 12 gauge magnums. The gun ending in 30 doesn't have cocking indicators, 31 does. Perhaps customers were asked what their preference was, who knows.

Stan

Finger Guard
 

As for a guard for protecting your finger, I haven't really ever felt the need for that, but apparently the former owner of this gun did:rolleyes:

This one had a piece of metal soldered in to place behind the trigger guard loop if you will. This gun has a Miller marked single trigger with the less often encountered rocker button selector just forward of the trigger versus the selector being on the safety slide.
I would believe this trigger was definitely installed by Miller since Ithaca was producing their own single trigger by this time.

Those are perfect. That is the later style forearm latch introduced with the restyling of the NID line in 1935.

I look forward to getting a letter from Cody. It is always nice to try and find out who may have ordered a gun and what it might have been used for.
In this case it appears that it was manufactured much later than the data I located on line.
Dave appears to be spot on with his thoughts on being in the middle of the Depression slowing down orders.
I will definitly share h letter once I receive it.

I learned over the years through guns of my own, guns of other collectors and discussions with Walt S, that individual guns oftentimes laid in inventory for years, especially the much less often purchased 10’s, 28’s and 410’s. There are numerous examples of guns that were numbered very close to one another , but shipped up to 4 years years apart in my experience. This also holds true with the higher grades 4,5, and 7.

Funny about back trigger 1st. I started shooting my dads 12 ga. NID when i
was
14 years old. I was shooing 1 1/4 oz duck loads in it and every time I shot the front trigger 1st i would cut my middle finger open. I just couldn't reach the front trigger with my small fingers. I have a lump in my middle finger just behind my knuckle from healed up scar . Now I too shoot back trigger first 99% of the time with all my SxS's. On in coming birds thats the way it should be done any way after all they are getting closer.

scott
I have a super 10 and with all the test patterns i shoot i find the ithaca's shoot the tightest patterns. I did get a 99% pattern with a 1 oz of 7 1/2's with one of my super 10's :)

Scott, I'm glad to know there is another of the "lumpy finger clan" out there. :)

I guess I'm a wimp; I did NOT join the finger lump club! It only took a few finger bangs for me to determine that it was something I didn't care for; now, each and every one of my sxs's wears one of these, and even my Parker SBT which for some reason does it too (my two other SBT's don't). Say it loud: I use a finger saver and I'm proud :)!

https://i.imgur.com/rfRgUCpm.jpg

if i had that on my gun i couldn't reach the front trigger. :)

I don't even know they're on there.