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Ithaca Flues Grade 5E Single Barrel Trap Shotgun

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Ithaca Flues Grade 5E Single Barrel Trap Shotgun
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serial #306860T, 12 ga (2 3/4''), 32'' ventilated rib barrel choked full with some stubborn wad residue in an otherwise bright excellent bore. The barrel retains about 98% excellent quality reapplied blue with some scattered light pits along the underside of the bore, some minor handling marks, and a few hints of previous pinprick pitting beneath the finish. The case-hardened frame has toned to a pewter-gunmetal patina with strong remnants of case color in the protected areas beneath the lever and around the trigger, the factory Grade 5 foliate scroll, attractive bordering, and dot shading remain crisp with full coverage and fine game bird scenes, a silver inlaid pheasant left and partridge right, and the trigger plate reading ''MADE IN / USA'' above a resolute Federal Eagle; the excellent quality work appears unsigned. The fleur-de-lis checkered capped pistolgrip walnut stock and beavertail forend are in very good to very good plus condition with a neatly repaired crack traveling from the tip of the upper tang to the base of the trigger, easily missed without close inspection, a pair of tight cracks at the base of the forend, and a small handful of light handling marks. The stock and forend show some attractive grain figure along the comb line and at the forend tip, and feature a triangular forend tip inlay, unengraved shield-shaped monogram plate on the toeline, and a Pachmayr ventilated recoil pad giving an about 14 1/8'' length of pull with drops of about 1 5/8'' and 2''. Both the barrel and forend are numbered to the gun. Interestingly, a later added safety is present on the upper tang, which no longer functions. The shotgun locks up tight and on-face with the lever coming to rest just right of center and features a robust ejector and is sighted with dual white beads on the matted rib. A carefully restored Ithaca 5E from 1921, a desirable piece of any American shotgun collection. (14B11666-6) {C&R} (2000/4000)