In 1973 I was a young Army Second Lieutenant stationed st Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg,PA. into a Gunshop nearby looking for 1903 Springfields. Letterkenny had been the distribution point for DCM and the surrounding area was full of DCM guns. On the rack was a 12GA Ithaca Flues in nice condition for $75. Even then that was a very low price. The kid on duty thought that was a low price too but he sold it to me. When I got it home I noticed that the dollar sign on the price tag had three vertical lines. The price was really $175! I used it that season for wild pheasant and loved it. I hunted so much with it so much that the solder separated at the muzzles. I had it fixed three times before I found a competent gunsmith to permanently fix it. I traded it off for a Browning Superposed because it had ejectors. It would be another 12 years before I went back to SXSs. For the most part now that is all I use except for an occasional dalliance with automatics.