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When did Ithaca start offering sunburst-style pads as factory-installed options?
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Thanks. I guess that means if there's one on a Flues, it ain't original? Also, does this checkering pattern look right for a Grade 3 Flues:  I'm guessing the wood is refinished, the pad added. OWD
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Never saw a grade 3 with the 'ribbon.'
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Hmmmm. Kind of odd.
Did Ithaca mix things up like that? Did they have a range of patterns they used with a lot of variety?
Or was this a pattern a customer could have requested?
I'm interested in this gun because it looks like it was made with a straight stock. The seller says it weighs around 6lbs, too.
Would factory records note a different checkering pattern or anything like that?
Thanks for the help.
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That checkering pattern certainly shows a Grade 3 style. All the Flues period catalogues I have show the Grade 3 double with a capped pistol grip. Straight-gripped Flues and NID Ithacas are pretty few and far between.
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What do you all think of the shape of the sidepanels. Curves look a bit odd and the "drop" from the sidepanel to the stock looks abrupt, too. Then take a look at the uneven curves of the triggerguard. Just doesn't look right to me.
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Looking at all the pictures of that gun on GI, it appears to me that gun may well have been restocked at Ithaca in their waning years.
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Thanks for the input, guys. I appreciate the insights.
Researcher, I was trying to figure out if the checkering on the forend and buttstock differ.
It looks like the forend checkering has a border around. This seems to be missing on the butt stock.
OWD
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