Blast from the Past: Inland/Ithaca Model 37 Trench Shotgun [Archive]

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Slater

11-05-16, 09:42

I suppose these are more geared toward the collector/reinactor crowd, but they're pretty cool shotguns. This is supposed to be a remake of Ithaca's World War II trench guns. After some research it turns out that Ithaca only produced 1,442 guns in this configuration. This new Inland version is Parkerized where actual wartime examples were finished in Ithaca's commercial-quality blue. Ones made during Vietnam were Parkerized, though.

On the left side of the receiver is stamped the ordnance "flaming bomb" emblem and "RLB" (which represented Col. Roy L. Bowlin, head of the Rochester Ordnance District during WW2).

For history buffs like myself, it's close enough :D

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BigBuckeye

11-06-16, 20:29

Would love a range report.

usmcvet

11-06-16, 22:04

Very cool.

Averageman

11-07-16, 11:20

I had a later version of a model 37 that was a couple of decades old before I ever touched it.
It was well out of fashion and had now real collector value, I think it had been LEO issue in a former life. It was a fine shotgun and in the seventies for what was available for home defense, not too shabby.
It was so well worn that sitting up in the corner the pump handle would slide about half way down with gravity.

Slater

11-07-16, 12:34

Evidently the Ithaca 37 is based closely on the old Remington Model 17, which was largely a John Browning design.

titsonritz

11-07-16, 15:01

Slam fire goodness.

HardToHandle

11-07-16, 21:26

Slam fire goodness.

And the Firearms Review story specifically that the new production from Inland does have interrupters to prevent said slam firing.

Bunch of horse hockey.

titsonritz

12-01-16, 12:30

And the Firearms Review story specifically that the new production from Inland does have interrupters to prevent said slam firing.

Bunch of horse hockey.

Bastards, that is what the '87 is for.

MRBShooter

01-24-17, 21:25

Friend of mine confirmed slam fire issues with this model when he bought one from a police auction. Very cool weapon tho.

battlestage

01-25-17, 01:19

Super cool. I'd love to have one someday.

T2C

01-25-17, 13:59

I would like to have one with a duck bill attachment for nostalgia purposes.

gaijin

01-25-17, 15:52

Really nice m37 OP.
I have an ancient, roached m37 kept at the ranch that still gives good service.
They don't make them like that anymore.

Meta-Prometheus

02-07-17, 22:42

Every once in a great while I would see an Ithaca Trench Gun being sold. Original Trench Guns start at about $1800 and go north fast. The Ithaca's are indeed just a Remington 17. Ithaca waited for the patent to expire (20 years) and went to town.

I inherited my Grandpa's Ithaca 37 Deerslayer with Upland Combo barrel, so my Ithaca itch is already scratched. But this Inland repro would be okay I guess. Not having slam fire is a real stinker though, that's the best part of owning an Ithaca!