I agree- I bought my NID grade 2-30" DT, Ext- for less than this seller wants for this Nitro Special- mine is in NRA VG condition, and has good dims- made in 1927- it has the trademark "snail-ear" cocking pin indicators--Most of the 12 gauge LeFever Nitro Specials I see at area gun shows have been "ridden hard and put up wet"- so to speak..
The shallow engraving on my NID grade 2 does not compare to the engraving on my pre-1913 graded L.C. Smith guns, but as an old-timer trap shooter with a Ithaca Victory grade SBT once said to a gent sporting a 5E Knick Ithaca SBT, at a local gun club-after he ran a 100 straight at 16 yards with the Victory model -"All that fancy scroll don't break targets!"
I think the Ithaca NID doubles are real "work horse" using guns, like many think about their Model 21's-- durable doubles made to stand the gaff of heavy loads and hard usage afield.
