Thank you for the Welcome note & the pic of your Ithaca, It looks to be in much nicer cond. than the one I have, although computer images can be misleading on occasion. Mine has seen a good portion of it's life in & out of it's holster protecting our way of life & was returned here with it's owner, much the same as was your fathers i'm sure. It lives on in my safe waiting for my son & Granson to provide a home for it when I'm gone. Mark, I'm sorry to hear of your father's passing I think I would have enjoyed speaking with him. I am a Viet Nam vet myself, they may have been two different wars but soldiers are soldiers. Take Care & Thanks Again  Sin: Bob Preiss