In the early Flues years, Ithaca Gun Co. offered 24-inch barrels on their 20-gauge guns and after the 1912 introduction of the 28-gauge on them as well. By the July 1919 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog the only 24-inch barrels offered were on the 28-gauge and by the 1920 catalog no 24-inch barrels were offered. However, we see quite a few Ithaca with barrel lengths not in the catalogs. The 1915 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog only offered the 28-gauge with 24 or 26-inch barrels but I have a No. 1 Special, verified by Walter, with 30-inch Cockerill Steel barrels.
As I understand it Walter has sent all the Flues era records to Cody and maybe someday they will get around to offering letters from those records. When I was at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, with the Remington Society in late September 2014, I saw several boxes from Walter Snyder on the receiving racks at the McCracken Research Library.
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