Hey rdcl, I have that exact gun. Ithaca m-49 is the model. My dad gave it to me and told me it was my great-grandpa's when he had it in the 60's. Then one day my family was talking guns and my great uncle was like, oh hey I had an old ithaca that I dont know where it went, haha. I guess my grandpa borrowed it when my uncle went into the military and just never gave it back. My uncle knows where its at now and Ive offered to give it back.