Ithaca 4E 16 Gauge

[Larry the Gun Guy]

At a recent auction I found this 16 gauge Ithaca 4E with 32" ventilated ribbed barrels and a single selective trigger. It will need new wood because someone tried to replace the wood, but needed a little more skill and experience. And as you can see one of the ejectors isn't working properly. But, I love it!
The good news is this gun will powder a target at 40-50 yards with the standard 1 ounce factory loads. It was made in 1927 and there were a total of 560 4Es made including 24 total 410 and 28 gauges; that leaves 536 10s, 12s, 16s and 20s so I don't think there were too many 16s with 32" barrels, let alone vent ribs. Unfortunately, the Ithaca book does not go into that detail.

[David Lien]

Lucky you. I do like your gun…
David

[Researcher]

Great gun!! Congrats.!! I've got a 16-gauge NID No. 4E, but the only 16-gauge NID with a vent rib I recall off hand ever seeing was Chas. Askins' No. 5E that Elmer Keith had and wrote about for years.



A flyer introducing the NID showing a vent rib No. 4 --



You might want to post your pictures and info here on Shotgunworld --

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...ccb7a8b2d494f5

and see if Walter Snyder chimes in with some info on your gun.

[charlie cleveland]

thats a mighty nice 16 you got there...them 16 s with 32 inch barrels are hard to come by..lucky you...charlie

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Of course there's always this one that I have been lusting after....

http://members.gunsinternational.com...n_id=100422443

[Researcher]

NID 20-gauges with vent ribs and long barrels are almost common!! Even I have one --





not so with 16-gauges!!

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Now that's a beauty!

[C.O.B.]

A very nice find Larry congrats Lust is a good thing also One of our members had a 4E 20 w/32 inch vent rib barrels but the stock was going to need replacing and it just wasn't an affordable project at the time. A graded small bore Ithaca is one of my dream guns.