My First American "Classic" Ithaca NID 4E

[Stan Hoover]

That is a great looking NID grade 4, thanks for sharing the pictures Frank!

I like the Prince of Whales grip (half pistol). Please do share a picture of the letter!

I'm scratching my head as to why the rearward trigger guard screw is covering part of the serial #, does the gun letter as a straight grip originally?

Stan

[Frank Good]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

That is a great looking NID grade 4, thanks for sharing the pictures Frank!

I like the Prince of Whales grip (half pistol). Please do share a picture of the letter!

I'm scratching my head as to why the rearward trigger guard screw is covering part of the serial #, does the gun letter as a straight grip originally?

Stan

Yes I believe it was. I believe the old polaroid photos that were in the case showing the broken stock were a straight grip. I'll have a look and see. I found that screw hole through the serial # a little odd myself. I have a feeling that the broken stock may not have been original either, I believe it may have been a replacement at some point. It definitely did not match the checkering of the original forends and the wood was plain as a brown paper bag. The gun definitely saw use but mechanically it was very solid and it did not have any pitting in the metal or work done to the bores. Someone had hot blued the barrels at some point as well so Chris offered to do them to closer match the original factory finish and colour. The letter is very vague but did show it was ordered as a two barrel set.

Frank

[Frank Good]

So I went digging around and found an old photo that had come with the gun. As you can see it is straight gripped but I'm certain by the checkering and if memory serves Chris did say the old fellow who had him restock it had a non-original stock on the gun to replace the higher grade stock it had come with that got broken and that the original wore a Prince of Wales grip and he wanted Chris to replicate the original with the proper checkering pattern as well. I took a few photos, as you can see the forend wood serial # matches on both forends so the gun did come with higher grade wood new and the Fleur-De-Lis checkering.