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Arps · 12-27-2006, 06:42 AM

I just got one! It was my dads and he handed it down for me for Christmas. It is in real nice shape (I can't ever remember him shooting it as he favored his Ithaca 16ga), and functions well. Anyone have any tips or experience they would like to share? I am hoping to take it out for a test ride sometime this week.

y2kc5oh · 12-27-2006, 07:04 AM

My father-in-law has hunted for a bazillion years and after trying many others, only shoots Ithacas. I'm not much of a shotgun guy myself, but he has killed more things in the field that I can count and never had problems with the brand.

Good luck!

Arps · 12-28-2006, 06:42 AM

Thanks man. I guess they arent very popular.

dave_in_delaware · 01-08-2007, 12:50 PM

I just noticed this post today.

I inherited my grandfather's Ithaca 37 12 gauge shotgun. I've only gotten to "use" it once, at the range, for my first time w/ clay pigeons. I had a range officer help me understand it better, and I shot a test pattern, and then learned the "ways" of blasting clay pigeons.

"Pull" ... BANG!!!! It's rewarding to see pieces of orange clay raining down....

OMG, I love that gun!! I'd never get rid of it for sentimental reasons.

You have a nice gun there, believe me.

Mercmar · 01-09-2007, 05:01 PM

Found a pristine one for my brother for $200, couple of years back. He loves 'em.

ichy_trigger · 01-09-2007, 05:14 PM

My cousin got one for Christmas years ago, great guns. I believe the military used them at one time as well.

Arps · 01-10-2007, 03:03 AM

Ive had it out 3 times now shooting clays, and I gotta say. I am impressed for a 25 year old gun it functions perfectly. I actually like the bottom eject too. I wasnt too sure about it at first, but it works out nice.

Brickboy240 · 01-11-2007, 08:34 AM

I have my grandfather's Winchester Model 12 in 16 gauge. It was made in 1920.

Great shooter. The Ithaca 37 was a very high quality pump-gun like the Model 12.

I love the 16 gauge for dove hunting and every now and then I take out the old 16 gauge for a dove hunt. My brother has a 16 gauge Belgian Browning A-5 and Dad has an early Remington 870 in 16 gauge, so we are all fans of the 16 gauge. For upland hunting, its really a perfect round.

- Brickboy240

Palouse · 01-17-2007, 01:44 PM

Another JM Browning design.

I've got two, one in 12 made in the '60s and which was my first shotgun, and one made about five years ago when the plant in King's Ferry was still operational. The latter is a 16 with upgraded wood and an aluminum receiver that makes a great Snake River breaks chukar gun.

I'm glad to hear someone in Ohio has taken over production. It'd be a shame to see them no longer made.

12-27-2006, 06:42 AM	#1
Arps XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,059	Ithaca model 37 I just got one! It was my dads and he handed it down for me for Christmas. It is in real nice shape (I can't ever remember him shooting it as he favored his Ithaca 16ga), and functions well. Anyone have any tips or experience they would like to share? I am hoping to take it out for a test ride sometime this week. __________________ "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -Frank Zappa

12-28-2006, 06:42 AM	#3
Arps XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,059	Thanks man. I guess they arent very popular. __________________ "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -Frank Zappa

01-08-2007, 12:50 PM	#4
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,108	I love Ithaca 37's I just noticed this post today. I inherited my grandfather's Ithaca 37 12 gauge shotgun. I've only gotten to "use" it once, at the range, for my first time w/ clay pigeons. I had a range officer help me understand it better, and I shot a test pattern, and then learned the "ways" of blasting clay pigeons. "Pull" ... BANG!!!! It's rewarding to see pieces of orange clay raining down.... OMG, I love that gun!! I'd never get rid of it for sentimental reasons. You have a nice gun there, believe me. __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms]

01-09-2007, 05:14 PM	#6
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,478	My cousin got one for Christmas years ago, great guns. I believe the military used them at one time as well. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

01-10-2007, 03:03 AM	#7
Arps XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,059	Ive had it out 3 times now shooting clays, and I gotta say. I am impressed for a 25 year old gun it functions perfectly. I actually like the bottom eject too. I wasnt too sure about it at first, but it works out nice. __________________ "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -Frank Zappa

12-27-2006, 07:04 AM	#2
y2kc5oh XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 9	My father-in-law has hunted for a bazillion years and after trying many others, only shoots Ithacas. I'm not much of a shotgun guy myself, but he has killed more things in the field that I can count and never had problems with the brand. Good luck!

01-09-2007, 05:01 PM	#5
Mercmar XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,742	Found a pristine one for my brother for $200, couple of years back. He loves 'em.

01-11-2007, 08:34 AM	#8
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,198	I have my grandfather's Winchester Model 12 in 16 gauge. It was made in 1920. Great shooter. The Ithaca 37 was a very high quality pump-gun like the Model 12. I love the 16 gauge for dove hunting and every now and then I take out the old 16 gauge for a dove hunt. My brother has a 16 gauge Belgian Browning A-5 and Dad has an early Remington 870 in 16 gauge, so we are all fans of the 16 gauge. For upland hunting, its really a perfect round. - Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

01-17-2007, 01:44 PM	#9
Palouse XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On the Palouse Posts: 58	Ithaca 37 Another JM Browning design. I've got two, one in 12 made in the '60s and which was my first shotgun, and one made about five years ago when the plant in King's Ferry was still operational. The latter is a 16 with upgraded wood and an aluminum receiver that makes a great Snake River breaks chukar gun. I'm glad to hear someone in Ohio has taken over production. It'd be a shame to see them no longer made.

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