What was the standard configuration for safeties on the Ithaca NID Mag 10? Specifically, were they automatic or manual?
The reason I am asking is I have one and it is a manual safety. My other NID's are all automatic safeties (expect for the time when I was a teenager and disabled one by taking out the little rod – dumb kid).
The reason I ask is if the standard is automatic safety, is I want to have the automatic safety reactivated if the gun is set up for auto and either it has been modified by the removal of the "little rod" or it is broken. I have not taken down the gun to look and frankly would like to know the standard configuration before I take it apart.
If the culprit is a missing "little rod", does anyone know where a replacement can be obtained?
PS: I used it this past weekend on a dog drive for deer. The two deer I killed (Fed 3.5 OO Buck) dropped like bags of rocks. I will admit, I missed on the first shot on both and piled them up on the second shot.
