You will have to find old catalogs and compare pictures/features.
By the serial number.
I can't tell you when it was made but I can tell you who made it. It's a Mossberg model 183k according to my catalogue.
Ithaca still makes shotguns. Contact them via their web site and maybe they can tell you You have an Ithaca Flues model made in 1919
Since Wards didn't make shotguns, but sold shotguns manufactured by other companies, you first need to identify the manufacturer. Get a gun values book and look at the Mossberg, Savage, and Noble shotguns. All of those companies sold shotguns to Wards. When you determine the correct manufacturer and model number, write back and we'll tell you where to go to get parts. check your model number again, is it possible the shotgun is a 24M? if so, it is made by Mossberg and is designated a Model 9. Most parts are available through Numrich at www.e-gunparts.com
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Shotguns with this trade name were made by Crescent FIre Arms, Crescent-Davis Arms, Iver Johnson, and J. Stevens. Share the model number and I may be able to tell you which one made yours.
You can't tell the model number by this serial number.
Several different companies made shotguns marked with the Sears JC Higgins brand. If you will post the model number, we may be able to tell you who made it.
model number is always smaller than serial
Impossible to tell model number by just the serial number.
There is no model number. The model name is Cobra. Are you talking about the serial number?
You can not tell the model number with just the serial number.