Pre NID ithacas

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Mike Poindexter

All That said, they are fun to collect, hard to find in decent shape except for the higher grades at higher prices, and generally not particularly attractive in the field grades. Parkers, even in the OV grade, are much better made and assembled than the Ithacas I've handled. As Dewey Vicknair says, they are a "farm implement" pretty much.

I agree it seems that every pre NID I have seen, especially Crass, Minier and Lewis were tired, beat and loose. I have only owned one Ithaca and it's 10ga Crass. They don't come any more plain then a grade 1P. I found this one attractive because it had a lot of condition, decent dimensions, on the light side for a 10 and was under $500. The only significant flaw was a broken screw in the top tang which I had repaired, it didn't cost much but I waited a long time to get it back. It shoots well, it's patterns are nothing to get excited about, 60+ and 70+ percent but overall it works very well with 1 1/8 and 1 1/4 ounce loads. It's definitely not a Parker but it's been a good shooter for a fraction of the cost and I am happy with it.