I have looked over one of these years ago. Looked it up in Blue Book at the shop because I never seen one before. If I remember correctly considering grade relatively few were made (Ithaca-Lefever I think). I would not pay someone to remove useful feature to replace with something of no added benefit. I would appreciate if you test that gun and tell how it went. You will need old tire, long string and something to take cover behind. If you want I can bring some ammo to the Southern for you to use. Sorry, can't help with tire and string part.
