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Old April 28, 2002, 01:00 AM   #18
Coronach
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Before a certain cutoff date, the bbls need fitting and just cannot be interchanged w/o some hand work at Ithaca.
Yeah, as my luck would have it, serial number 135XXX was manufactured in 1947, which puts it a wee bit before the age of interchangability.

Of course, this also reinforces my desire not to chop this full-choke long barrel, too. Even if its not worth much in dollars and cents, I dislike hacking up old things. Call me silly.

On the plus side, I have a line (kinda/sorta maybe) on a replacement bbl. Is this the sort of work that could be done by my smith, or would it be advisable to ship the whole kit and kaboodle to Ithaca?

Thanks again,
Mike
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