A pre war Ithaca is a very nice gun. They handle and balance so very well.
As far as barrels go the cutoff serial number is 855000, barrel before that number are fitted to the receiver and after that number barrels are interchangeable.
You can find a older barrel and have Diamond Gun Smithing fit it to your receiver.
By the way Ithaca's don't wear out they just get smoother in operation.
Fitting a new barrel to a older receiver is very costly, best to find a barrel.
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