If the barrels are in the same condition as the stock, I'd say pass. If the barrels are nice, and both factory numbered to the gun, there are other ways to restock the gun besides a custom job from an accomplished stockmaker. I put a new buttstock on an Ithaca Lewis model a number of years ago. Got ShowMe gunstocks to fit a semi inletted blank to the action for $300, I think the blank was $250, then I finished the final sand and finish with French Polish myself. I paid 325 for the gun (also a 2 barrel set by the way) and came out with a nice two barrel shooter, with a stock cut to my dimensions, for less than a grand. You might see if you can get him down to a grand and then make some inquiries into semi inletted stocks. FWIW.
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