GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
FANTASTIC HIGH ORIGINAL CONDITION ITHACA FLUES GRADE 4 SINGLE BBL TRAP SHOTGUN.ITHACA4 FLUES SBT269728-T12GAMODERN; C&R; ESACal 12 ga. 33-3/4" bbl with 2-3/4" chambers. Full choke. Full length matted ventilated top rib with twin ivory beads. Nickel-plated trigger, ejector, no safety. Straight grip stock checkered in fleur-de-lis and flowing wave pattern with gold shield at toe and 13-3/4" LOP over Silver's type recoil pad. Trap forearm is nicely checkered in fleur-de-lis and wave pattern with triangular ebony tip. Receiver is beautifully engraved, likely by McGraw, with American Eagle on right surrounded by flower and geometrical design engraving and man at the trap line on left in same floral pattern. Bottom of action nicely engraved in floral and leaf punch dot shaded pattern, as is top of action. Buttstock has particularly nice grain and flame. Weight: 7 lbs. 14 oz. PROVENANCE: The William Hammond Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine retaining nearly all factory orig finish to both wood and metal. Bbl retains nearly all its orig blue with only a few rubs and minor oxidation. Buttstock and forearm are excellent with only minor handling marks and checkering is quite crisp. Pad may be an old replacement but has hardened. Receiver retains virtually all of its orig case color just starting to tone on bottom at front and top tang. Trigger guard retains approx 80% lightly toned blue. When admiring the beauty of this gun, it is easy to see how Ithaca outsold its competitors in the SBT market! 51407-1 JSL (2,000-4,000)