doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Ithaca question about a specialized Nitro Special

I was at a gun show today and saw a 12 gauge Ithaca Lefever Nitro Special with a monte carlo stock, a raised ventilated rib, and the most gawd-awful ugly beavertail forend I�ve ever seen. Naturally it caught my attention; further inspection revealed twin full chokes. Did Ithaca ever market such a beast as a specialty clays gun? Sorry, I didn�t take any pictures.

Likely an Ithaca Model 4 Lefever double trap. A scarce one.

Are you still traveling in your motor home, Rockdoc?

SRH

Walt, thanks for identifying the shotgun for me. Funny I didn�t notice if it was single or double trigger, about all I could see was that ugly log of a forend hanging off the bottom of the barrels.

Stan, I�m still traveling/living in my RV. Last year I went from San Marcos TX up though California, Oregon and Washington visiting national parks along the way. I ended by spending about two months in Port Angeles WA. I�m now back in Houston, having been seduced by the hope of selling an oil prospect of mine (then the bottom dropped out of the oil market). I plan to spend the coming summer and early fall fishing and grouse hunting in northern Wisconsin. I�d originally planned to go to Maine but I lost a bunch of my geological consulting business with the oil downturn, making Wisconsin a far more affordable choice.

Plus when I go to Wisconsin I can attend the Great Northern SXS Classic! WOOHOO!!!

Steve

I've never heard of one of these entry-level trap guns coming from the factory with a monte carlo stock, but they did have a rather less then graceful beavertail --



On the other hand, in their higher graded Ithaca doubles they made some unusual stocks for picky trap shooters like these made for Lon B. Smith --