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Does anyone know what year the sunburst pad was first available ? I see it on a 1926 sales sheet in Walt's book but not before.
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The first appearance I have for it is in the 1932 Ithaca Catalogue. Ithaca always referred to it as a bridge trestle. Sunburst is a present day collector term.
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Maybe Walter can give us the real date. I have a 1E NID 10ga, serial #434133 that has a sunburst pad on it with patent pending on the trademark. The pad appears to be original to the gun; but who knows for sure?
Jim A.
Looked at the gun, it says "patent applied for" not patent pending. I was going from memory before, not a good thing.
Last edited by james-l; 02/19/07 05:52 PM.
I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong
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The 1926 price list shown on page 69 of Walt's book offers a recoil pad for an extra $5.00 retail, but it is not the "Bridge Trestle" pad. The "Bridge Trestle" pad isn't mentioned in any of my Ithaca catalogues up through 1931-32, but it is prominantly displayed from 1932 onward. On page 76 Walt shows a 1931 price list that states "Ithaca Standard Recoil Pad on any gun except Field Special $1.50 price to dealer, $2.00 suggested retail. There is a double plus sign after those prices and in the footnote it says "Recoil Pad price reduced from $5.00 to $2.00 retail. The order blanks in the early NID period catalogues shows a gun with a Jostam Anti-Flinch recoil pad. By 1935/6 time frame they cropped the picture not to show that Jostam pad any more.
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Researcher is correct, 1932. I like "Sun Burst" a lot more than "Bridge Trestle." Sun Burst reminds me of my Tide laundry soap. But that's just my opinion.
Walter c. Snyder
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I've noticed some Sunburst pads have aluminum bases and some have hard rubber bases.Were they used interchangably or according to a certian model?
Thanks Dave
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I beleve I seen somewhere that the aluminum base was added in 1950 not sure why maybe the hard rubber base was succeptable to cracking.
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Are we supposing that no NIDs were fitted with the aluminum base pad at the factory? I have seen NIDs with the aluminum pad but don't have any idea if they were original to the gun. My early fifties 20 gauge 37S has the aluminum pad, original to the gun, but the aluminum is covered over with yellowed stock finish (appears factory) that makes identifying it as aluminum quite difficult. Do I remember correctly that the recent available Sunburst pads were available both ways? Were they old stock or reproductions?
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I've read that the aluminum base pad was used on target guns. I have an aftermarket one that I put on an M-37 just because I like the looks. FYI, these pads are not much for absorbing recoil.
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