Any fans of the Ithaca Model 37 pump shotgun?

[GoneToAle]

I was just wondering if there were any fans of the Ithaca 37 shotgun. They came in many flavors and different models. I believe at one point the Ithaca 37 had the longest production run for a pump-action shotgun in history, surpassing that of the Winchester Model 12.
This has probably now been surpassed by the Remington 870 and perhaps even some Mossberg models.

 

[Oz82]

I had the pleasure of using one of these a few years ago to kill a bunch of flying orange clay disks. The empties dropping out of the bottom was pretty cool. Getting doubles was easy with the slamfire feature. It was hard to give it back to the guy that was kind enough to lend it to me.

Since then I've only seen a few pre 1975 models out in the wild and they were either in horrible shape or priced way too high for me to justify the purchase against my other financial responsibilities, but I haven't stopped casually looking.

 

[cutt]

I had one back in the 70's. It was really light weight and beat me up , I got rid of it.

 

[4CERTN]

My father was a deputy sheriff with a major department out West. They (and I believe their counterparts on the city’s PD within the county) were issued Ithaca 37s. He liked them a lot.

Old newspaper shot shown here. My father is the deputy in the center of the picture. His fellow deputy to the left has a 37 shouldered. They were dealing with a barricaded suspect at the time.

 

[Shootability]

I have two a model from 1938 and a later model police gun with 3 inch chambers and long mag tube!

 

[Wooddux1]

Have 3 of them. 16 , 20 and a deerslayer.2 The 16 is the one I take for any type of bird hunting .

 

[GoneToAle]

I loaned my 16 ga. to my son in law for a dove shoot. He did pretty well with it. He got some looks like ‘…what is that old thing?…’

 

[GotrektheSlayer]

Ithaca's rock!

At the moment I only have one with Deerslayer smooth bore slug barrel.

 

[Hunter10139]

A family friend owns one in 16 gauge and he let me shoot it many times at clays growing up. I'm going to have to buy one someday.

 

[cutt]

I had 1 and sold it. The gun is so light in weight when I shot it the kick would beat me in the dirt. Glad you like yours.

 

[Griz375]

I've had a few and liked them all. Circumstances made me part ways with them but a DeerSlayer or two and another Trap model would be welcome here.

Yes, if anyone finds themselves over-burdened w/ 37s so to speak, that's a direct hint.

 

[OldScool.22]

Actually a John Browning design, First modernized And produced by Remington as the model 17. When Browning's patent expired Ithaca again modernize the design as the model 37.