Good memory Stan. I had a Number/Grade 3E Double Trap NID s/n 4337xx with the earlier shorter beavertail f/e, 32", Vent Rib and double triggers. It had a conventional high trap comb and 14" LOP over its Ithaca pad. Also cocking indicators. Stock comb a little too high and LOP a little short for me to shoot sporting and I didn't want to modify an all original gun ..... traded off. Just to elaborate on how Ithaca did blocks of serials for higher grade and special guns, along with the effect of the Great Depression on its sales, the Cody readout shows: Proofed for factory stock in February 1928 and shipped to customer in November 1936. Tough times and tight money.
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