Finally, my Ithaca NID G2 is back in my hands.
 

I posted some pics of this gun when I first got it. It had a few issues, such as the barrel blue was very thin, someone had really messed up trigger guard I believe to accomodate either big fingers, or hands with gloves...(Who would do that to a gun like this I have no idea). Also, some really bad finish had been applied to it. After thinking it over for a very long time, first I had the trigger guard tigwelded by a local smith. I then shipped the barrels to Breck Gorman for reblue, and the stock/receiver to Brian Board for some work there.

Got the stock back yesterday, and I am very happy with the final results.

Here are some before pics....

Now, here a a few picks as she looks today.....

Very nice! Maybe we can meet at Thomas Hill this year for a quail hunt (if there are any), and you can break that beauty in.

If there are any, being the key.... I have a few on my place, but man it's a jungle and getting a shot at one would challenge the greatest of grouse shooters. :-)

Great save!! That is an interesting checkering pattern on that forearm. Most post cocking indicator No. 2s I've seen have a wraparound checkering pattern on the forearm.

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I've usually seen that split pattern on Lefever A-grades --

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The serial numbers all match up...... So, I guess that is odd.

Mine is a 1938 gun....

This is another 1938 gun here, 12ga...

https://www.gunsamerica.com/91577524...2-12-gauge.htm

It has same checkering as mine on the forend and stock. I suspect, that by 1938 Ithaca was just doing the same forend pattern on both the lefever A-Grades, and the Grade 2 Ithacas.

The Split pattern was common on pre-NID No. 2s. On a Lewis Model No. 2E --

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On a Flues Model 12-gauge No. 2 --

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Flues Model No. 2E 20-gauge --

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I did some poking around, the two 1938 g2 NIDS I could find pics of, both had the split checkering..... I also saw some 1940 g2 NIDs, and they had the wraparound pattern....

Do, did they just do that in 1938? I dunno, but the serial numbers stamped in the wood, match all the other serial numbers on the gun, so I do not believe someone slapped a Lefever Agrade piece of wood into it....