Quote Originally Posted by lkgmadmax View Post
Hi Johnny, that may have been some huff from the salesman:

US WW2 ITHACA 1911A1 JULY, 1944 MINT CRISP EXAMPLE
IN 98% MINT CRISP CONDITION, WE HAVE AN VERY NICE MID 1944 PRODUCTION ITHACA, 100% CORRECT AS IT LEFT THE FACTORY. THIS IS A REALLY CRISP LOOKING GUN WITH VERY LITTLE MORE THAN STORAGE WEAR. THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PISTOL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF 2,000 PISTOLS THAT WERE SHIPPED OUT OF NEW YORK DIRECTLY FOR EUROPE. I HAVE SEEN SHIPMENTS LIKE THIS ON COLT PISTOLS AND THEY WERE ULTIMATELY HEADED TO G-2 ARMY INTELLIGENCE. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN ITHACA SHIPMENT OF THIS TYPE DURING THE WAR, MOST OF THE ITHACA PISTOLS WERE SHIPPED TO THE NAVY, OR TO ARMY OR AIR CORPS ORDANCE DEPOTS. EXCLUDING OF COURSE THE MANY LEND LEASE PISTOLS. ITHACA'S ARE NOT EASY GUNS TO FIND, THEY ARE THE THIRD RAREST CONTRACTOR AFTER UNION SWITCH AND SINGER. THIS IS A REALLY NICE FAIRLY EARLY EXAMPLE WITH THE LARGE P PROOFS AND IT DEFIANTLY HAS THE ITHACA LOOK TO IT.
I would be extremely cautious trusting the descriptions written by pre98.

They like to write a lot of hype and like any other dealer tend to sell a fair amount of non-original firearms for original prices.

The Ithaca does appear to look pretty good though. I'm always annoyed that they don't provide any photos or details of what barrels are in the guns.

Regards,
-Steve