By all means, let us see it.

 

What advantage do 2 7/8" loads have on 12 ga 3" ?
I am a 10 ga shooter who loads waterfowl loads that are killers but in 3 1/2" !

 

What advantage do 2 7/8" loads have on 12 ga 3" ?
I am a 10 ga shooter who loads waterfowl loads that are killers but in 3 1/2" !

As stated above, I will never shoot 3 1/2 loads out of this gun. It is the gun the load was introduced in, but way more than I need or want to put through the gun. 10ga loads do tend to pattern better, less shot string. I never would use more than 1 1/2 oz of Bismuth in a side by side, probably more like 1 1/4 oz. Now, I do own a custom Ithaca Mag 10, that is a different story.

 

I'm always interested in the quality of 10 ga's and the loads/recipes reloaders
come up with ? I have harvested my share of long-yardage birds with mine .
Shooting steel in some and Nickel in others , I agree they're capable !

 

A 10ga with 1 1/4oz. loads won’t do any better than a good 12ga.

 

I finally got a chance to add some pictures. I have not cleaned the gun up yet, just wiped it down. It has 32" barrels, F&F, great bores and locks up tight. It was made in 1927. I wonder how many grade II Super 10 gauge guns were made.

 

The NID Magnum-10 was introduced in the second 1932 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog.

The gun pictured is a Super-10 and if someone hogged the original 2 7/8-inch chambers out to 3 1/2-inch, most would consider it ruined.

The Magnum NID frame is longer and the longer lug on the barrels has a portion that extends through a recess in the bottom of the frame giving a bit extra bearing surface.

 

I've got a No. 2 Super-10 of 1931 vintage that I got from Randy Shuman forty years ago now. Still had the original shipping box and the C.O.D. label shows Mr. Sneff paid $27.50 down and the other $30 on delivery. Back when the Winchester/Western catalog showed they were dropping the 2 7/8-inch Super-10 shell I bought all that Potomac Arms had at their year end ammo sale. Still have most of it thanks to non-toxic requirements for waterfowl. The Super-10 is a might heavy for an old guy to carry for Pheasants!!

The article Frank Srebro did on the NID Super-10s in The Double Gun Journal showed Ithaca only made a bit over 500 Super-10s while they made 887 Magnum-10s.

 

Correction. This is another 2 7/8" gun. It was advertised as a 3 1/2" and I did not receive the gun until today. This is no problem as I only shoot 2 7/8" or shorter 10ga ammo. All 3 of the Ithaca NID 10s I have are 2 7/8".

 

I shot the gun a little this week. I added a lace on leather pad to the stock and it now has "trap dimensions". I hit 6 targets with it from 16 yards, station 2. It really stretches them out. I am going to try to post a pictures of a group of NIDs, from 410 - 10ga.