My DS Police Special

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:47 pm
That is one sweet looking Ithaca Model 37 DS Police Special. What year is it?

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:52 pm
DHonovich wrote:That is one sweet looking Ithaca Model 37 DS Police Special. What year is it?



I'm not sure what year it is, I'm new to the Ithaca collecting but I'm trying to read about them and learn more.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:58 pm
Hi Matt, Does it slam fire? I have a late 70s DSPS and I love that feature! Almost like a 12 gauge machine gun!

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:33 pm
USAFRet92 wrote:Hi Matt, Does it slam fire? I have a late 70s DSPS and I love that feature! Almost like a 12 gauge machine gun!


I have no idea, I've never tried it...
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:15 pm
That's a beauty!!! Very nice M-37 :)

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:27 pm
I have a number of model 37 guns that have the slam fire including a DSPS. I have done it and it is a lot of fun. I usually throw an empty box or can on the ground and have at it HOWEVER in Walt Snyder's book he notes that if the action is worn it could fire before the round is chambered and does not suggest that it be done.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:39 pm
WhitetailHunter wrote:That's a beauty!!! Very nice M-37 :)



Thanks! I found some proper Ithaca sling studs and it now sports a M14 green web sling. I had my gunsmith attach the sling studs and it looks great. This shotgun is going to accompany me on my berry picking adventures this summer in the Olympic Mountains so the sling was a must. Normally I like to keep vintage stuff like this unmodified but the sling shouldn't affect the value too much I think.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:26 pm
that is a real nice DS police you have there . I have tried the slam fireon one of my 37s . it is fun but for me I can not hit much doing that . for me it would be close up work only

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:06 pm
Nice gun!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:22 am
Matt,

That's a nice gun.

Can you tell me what capacity and barrel length it has? (My DSPS guns are both 7+1,24".)

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:08 pm
very nice gun let me know the seriel number and i can tell you how old or when made . :|

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:45 am
Very nice gun. I haven't had much luck finding a long tube DSPS, so am jealous!
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:27 am
hi... M37Matt wow i like your pictures that you have
post... a old gun or in other words vintage gun..
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