I suppose these are more geared toward the collector/reinactor crowd, but they're pretty cool shotguns. This is supposed to be a remake of Ithaca's World War II trench guns. After some research it turns out that Ithaca only produced 1,442 guns in this configuration. This new Inland version is Parkerized where actual wartime examples were finished in Ithaca's commercial-quality blue. Ones made during Vietnam were Parkerized, though.
On the left side of the receiver is stamped the ordnance "flaming bomb" emblem and "RLB" (which represented Col. Roy L. Bowlin, head of the Rochester Ordnance District during WW2).
For history buffs like myself, it's close enough
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