Looks to me like you have serial number 8000 which would be a Baker Model Ithaca from 1889. Serial numbers 63, 172 and 483 have no leading zeros. Early Baker Models had quite conical breechballs. In the 6xxx range they evolved to much more spherical shape. As I understand it, Walter Snyder has sent most of his early Ithaca Gun Co. records to the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, but he still has some NID era records.
Who knows how long it will be before Cody is offering Ithaca research letters.
Ansley H. Fox serial number 8, a brown 12-gauge 30-inch B-grade, is in the upcoming Julia's Auction, so we'll soon see what a low serial number adds.
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