The price of the single selective trigger on the NID when it was introduced in 1926 was $30. It stayed at $30 through the first 1932 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog. By the second 1932 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog, the introduction of the Excise Tax jumped it to $32.45, and also saw the introduction of the Harry Howland designed non-selective single trigger at $6.50, Patent No. 1,889,049 granted Nov. 29, 1932. For 1933, the prices remained $32.45 and $6.50. By the 1934 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog the price of the selective single trigger dropped to $21.60. I believe that price drop indicates the break with the Miller brothers and the introduction of the use of the Harry E. Howland designed single selective trigger covered by his Patent No. 1,818,852 granted Aug. 11, 1931.
Ithaca Gun Co. was busy during the early 1930s. In addition to the trigger business, the first 1932 catalog added the 28-gauge NID to the listed offerings and the second 1932 catalog saw the introduction of the Magnum-Ten. Also during that time they introduced their Nestor F. Smith designed "bridge truss" recoil pad. And, they were gearing up to build their slab-sided knock-off of the John M. Browning designed Remington Model 17, but patent infringement problems pushed that introduction off to 1937.
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