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Pictures of your Ithaca Model 37
Moderator: ripjack13
 Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:38 pm
My Ithaca 37
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:26 pm
Lookin' good Jackal...!!
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:22 pm
1951 in 20ga.
    
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 9:00 pm
Beautiful furniture on that '51 RandyB !!
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:06 pm
my 37's. The 20 solid rib was bought my my Dad in 1952 when stationed in Nebraska in the Air Force. He wanted to try his hand at pheasant hunting. He didnt like the choked barrel so he took it to a gunsmith and had the Cutts installed. It was the only quail gun he ever carried.
I wanted a 37 in 16 ga. for a while so I found one last year with a solid rib and found a guy in AZ who had a Cutts for it. I took it to my gunsmith and had the cutts installed and told him to go ahead and reblue the whole thing. It looks brand new. Now I need a 12 with a solid rib to complete the set. NOT interested in a 28 LOL.  [/url][/img] [/URL]
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:52 pm
Fine looking set...!!
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:56 am
It is indeed!    
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:43 pm
 
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:32 pm
Welcome to the Ithaca Owners Forum Ithaca4e !!
What year is your shotgun from...? |
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:26 pm
My 37 that I picked up as a project. Turns out it has already been poorly refinished. Additional work will obliterate the game scenes and barrel markings. Unfortunately it likely will just stay like this.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:37 pm
My AOW an Ithaca 37 from the Missouri State Prison circa 1973.
Spitfiresubgun
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 10:48 am
I picked up a Model 37 Ultralight 20 Gauge
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:50 am
That looks sweet! wish we could just pick up the odd 20g 37 over here! The last one I saw for sale was £595, close to $900
Love your backdrop too, nice quilting |
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 7:06 pm
Hi Guys,
Thought I would post a pic of the ol' '65 with new clothes...... Black Warrior Assault stock, cut-down and 'dremelled' out Rem 870 forend, home-made fluorescent tunnel clip-on fibre optic front sight, webbing shell carrier, Brownell universal heatshield, 5mw laser
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:14 pm
Boy it must be fun slam firing that baby!
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:50 am
You, Sir, come from the same place as me! With the super-bright (daylight) laser, slam firing is surprisingly accurate and instinctive and, from the shoulder, with the 4mm hi vis fibre-optic, fast target acquisition permits further accurate use of the slam-fire option, I just love it! All this furniture will soon be transferred to my new (to me) 10 shot '71 model 37 and the '65 will get a full restore and will be returned to its sedate, wing shooting former life, but never retired! |
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:29 pm
Impressive and very creative.
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:31 am
Thank you Sir!
The old '65 has been my IPSC test bed for the best part of the last year and has digested in excess of 2500 rounds of varying quality in my experiments with sights, red dots, lasers, speed loaders, stocks, shell carriers, slings, not to mention the cartridges themselves. Sure, I've had a few fail to extract, but I believe those were mostly ammunition related. Other than that the old girl has not missed a beat, testament in my opinion to the quality of materials and build of my 37. Many parts and tryouts were hand made due to the shortage and high cost of US parts over here. This site and a similar in the UK has been invaluable for my project. With the brand new BPS as back-up gun only used on a couple of occasions (crap cartridge stuck in 37,s chamber) and most of my other shotguns in various stages of repair and restoration, the '65 has served me well. It was bought fairly cheaply at auction due to the shortage ( few people sell them ) of 37's over here and I have no idea of its previous life. I am looking forward to restoring it, it will always be a favourite, it's like family. I am hoping that the new one ('71) will be as good and with its higher magazine capacity will enable me to get some good results in competition. Watch this space! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 6:51 pm
You have earned your Props, you are anything but a slop jockey. You do good careful work. I don't know if you could do it in the UK, but you could do this for other's and a gunsmith that specializes in certain types of firearms. You don't ahve to know everything, just concentrate on your strengths and specialties. I don't think you will have any issues with your '71. It'll work like liquid glass.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:08 pm
Food for thought there, Sir, Thank you
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 6:50 pm
One word of advice. If you decide to make the plunge, do it because you love it and you want to help people do the right thing. BUt I am sure you'd be good at it.
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:24 am
At last my upgrade licence arrived and I was able to collect my new guns. Together with a Valtro PM5 I am very happy to now have my high capacity 37 which has joined its older sister and with a change of clothes is ready for competition. It is a '71 model with custom 10+1 capacity magazine. The '65 now wears the stock and forend from the '71 and the original '65 furniture will be restored over time
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:34 am
Looks COOL! Boy I bet that barrel would be almost glowing after empting that mag rapidly. Donald
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:29 pm
Nice work. That is a mean looking mother. How does it handle?
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 5:48 pm
Not got to the range yet, but home try-outs with inert (weighted) dummy rounds have shown it to be very muzzle heavy when fully loaded (no surprises there then!) fortunately the long, fully threaded stock mounting bolt gives me the opportunity to lock in place (with a nut either side) any number of lead slugs to counter balance. Sure, she'll be a heavy beast but the weight, combined with the soft recoil pad and full pistol grip will make her a soft shooter, I hope! Well that's the plan anyway. this is not a gun to carry around all day in the field so I am not too worried about the weight. Short, sharp, tactical competition stages will be this guns home. The division that I will compete in with this gun limits the initial load to 7 + 1 but once the start signal is given, I can get a useful edge with the extra 3 rounds. The large (4mm) hi-vis tunnel sight caused me to shoot high when on the old '65 so I'm guessing it will be similar on this one and my developed '6 o'clock on target hold' will hopefully work for me again. Probably not get to shoot this weekend as our club is hosting a national competition and I am on the range control and scoring staff. I will update when I get range time, can't wait!
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