Ithaca 10 ga.?

[Jal5]

Anyone know anything about this shotgun? I was visiting a friend over the weekend and we shot it- not much recoil for a 10 ga. semiauto gun and very nice wood stocks. He thought it was about 25 yrs. old.  It had a really short barrel though with a white bead sight, and didn't have any marking on the barrel as far as choke.  The way it patterned I thought it might have been cylinder bore. 
Joe

[dukkillr]

Probably an old Ithaca Mag 10 that some schmuck cut the barrel on.  Can't really think of a good reason for a 10ga with an open bore. 

[Jal5]

I couldn't figure it out either .  didn't look like a cut off barrel though. bead was on it and didn't look rough cut.

[gypsyman]

Ithaca made a few of their Mag-10's for police dept's. It was considered the ultimate riot shotgun. The name ''alley sweeper'' comes to mind, but that might not have been it. The gun had, I believe a 26'' barrel, and open choke. Might be worth some money to a collector. You might want to stock up on 3 1/2'' 4 buck, just in case the Schumer hits the fan. We keep trying peace, it usually doesn't work!!Remember(12/7/41)(9/11/01) gypsyman

[gypsyman]

Now that I've had time to think about it, I'm pretty sure it was called the ''road blocker''-gypsyman

[Blackhawk44]

Good memory, Gyps.  That's 100% right.  It was pretty devastating with anything from #2 buck on up.

[Jal5]

thanks guys.  this one may have been a police firearm, "road blocker" and the dimensions sound right as far as I can recall. Definitely an open choke barrel.  I will pass this info on to my buddy.

Joe