doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Are the NID field grades under valued?

just my opinion but I love NIDs, As a duck hunter who uses doubles they are strong and in my opinion look much nicer than a Browning BSS or a Winchester 21.
As for build quality and strength the NID beats a model 21 too, I dont see NIDs with barrel hangers falling off of loose ribs or with flaking blue (common on the 21's) and John Olin went to Ithaca for the 3 1/2" 10 gauge not his own company. That says a lot, at least to me.
I love my big 10 and my 12 as well.
If all you guys were buying them I wouldn't be able to afford them, so thank you

Bluebird days, King, bluebird days!

The Western Cartridge Co.'s 3 1/2 inch Magnum-Ten gauge shell and the Magnum-framed Ithaca NID to handle it were well under development before the Olins bought the defunct Winchester Repeating Arms Co.

The deal for Western Cartridge Co. to buy Winchester Repeating Arms Co. was made on December 22, 1931, but wasn't really concluded until the Haskins & Sells auditor's report dated 20 February 1932.

The Western Super-X 10-gauge 3 1/2 inch Magnum shell first appears in the Western Ammunition for Rifle, Revolver and Shotgun booklet dated April 1, 1932, and the Magnum-Ten NID first appears in the second printing of Ithaca Gun Co.'s 1932 catalogue --





wherein they misstate that the Chas. Askins Magnum-Ten is a No. 5E when in fact it was really a No. 4E.

I knew the Canadians and Yankees hunted snipe, woodcock, and other peculiar stuff but this is the first I ever heard of y'all hunting blue birds!

Haha Mike, it's the day, not the quarry.

I am fully aware of the saying that Beauty is in the Eye of the beholder. To each his own & whichever any individual thinks looks the best, IS the best looking to that individual. But to say there is no difference in the appearance (Esthetics) between a NID & an Elsie is about like saying there's no difference in appearance between Twiggy & Mom's Mabley.

There were some issues with the early big tens. Was it Askins' gun that had the annoying habit of popping open on firing??

Jack O'Connor contributed to the misinformation that Ithacas were less expensive than the other "classic" American doubles. Although he liked Ithacas, he wrote in his "Shotgun Book": "However, the Ithaca sold for about half what the other companies got for a corresponding grade." That was pretty much true if the "other company" in question happened to be Parker. But Ithaca, LC Smith, and Fox prices were all quite close.

Mom's Mabley? Pipes, you're showing your age. Guess I showed mine by laughing and remembering her also.

Gary Cooper and Clark Gable shot Parkers. Bogie shot a 20 gauge LC Smith- Wonder if Charlie Chaplin ever bird hunted? With an Ithaca NID doublegun? If so- the remake- "The Kid and his NID"??

What exactly is NID an abbreviation for?