Mike, I agree- if some gun show promoter tried to "evict" me after I paid my entrance fee at the door, because I had the cojones to question any table dealers word, there would be a real brewha-ha.. Case in point- Local show at fairgrounds, Hastings MI 16 years ago. Table dealer had a few fair to midlin' small bore side=by-sides on his table, one was a later Series Ithaca NID 20-- SST, AE, VR= nice wood, but barrels looked "odd' to me, so I asked permission to pick it up, nice feel, but when I laid it back on his table, and pulled out my small Stanley pocket tape to check the barrel length- the dealer acted flustered, and spluttered, Oh that's OK, no need to measure, they are the standard 28" that comes with the optional VR on later series NID Ithacas- OK- but I was already "there" guess what- the taped a 25&5/8" even--what a surprise. I told the dealer I'll pass- he was asking $2500.00-- but would take my Stanley tape to the lumberyard back home for "Recallibration"--RWTF
