Ithaca NID 10 gauge 3 1/2" Magnum 34"
 

Does anyone know the number of Ithaca NID 10 gauge 3 1/2" Magnums built with 34" barrels? (These would be the 500K + SN range).

Don't think so. I've never seen that number published. While 32-inch is far and away the most common, I've seen enough of the 34-inch NID Magnum-Tens to think maybe 10 to 15%. The 28-inch barrel Magnum-Ten one of our friends has is I'm sure far rarer!!

that would be a cool gun..i did not know they made the ithaca mag with 34 inch barrels but i m glad they did... charlie

The NID Magnum-Ten was introduced in the second version of Ithaca Gun Co.'s 1932 catalogue --

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The text in the catalogue always mistakenly calls the Chas. Askins/Elmer Keith Magnum-Ten a No. 5E when in fact it was in fact a No. 4E --

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The fully loaded 16-gauge that Chas. Askins ordered and was later owned by Elmer was a No. 5E --

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Dave,
I was home last week for a visit and found this picture. It is from about 30 years ago and as I recall it was a very cold day. The handsome young man on the left is holding that 28" Ithaca mag 10.

Patrick

Ithaca Mag ten
 

Dave
I do believe, that the other handsome young man is also holding an Ithaca ten. Most likely a super ten. The area is a frozen potato field, temps most likely on the minus side of zero, with a good steady wind. Hunting with them two in mid winter would separate the sissies from the goose hunters. If the cold did not get you, they would stop at a real Mexican cafe where they were the only english speaking customers. Here the hot sauce and the food would finished the job. :)

Patrick, David, and Dave Noreen, I wonder when Steve Lamboy will deliver the 28" Super Ten that I ordered as a "dealer"? I guess I shouldn't be too impatient. I did spend the day at the Chantilly, VA gun show staring at a great 34" Mag Ten on the table next to mine. Not a problem except that I have a nice Mag Ten to sell myself. Oh well.

this was a great read and the pictures are great..charles atkins 10 ga has been talked about till its a legend and will long be admired and read about by future water fowl hunters and lovers of the big ten like my self...charlie

LOTS of interest in the high condition 34" Grade 2 Mag 10 at the show today. Second in potential buyer interest only to the knockout 16 ga. Daniel Frasier Scottish Best. The lovely signed and unmessed-with 1953 Funken engraved Pigeon Grade 12 ga. Browning Superposed (with the large pigeons, thank you!) came in a strong 3rd.

Check this out --

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...p?f=5&t=392273