Ithaca M37 20 ga

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:46 am

How wood you guys rate the overall overall quality of a Featherweight Model 37 in 20 gauge made in 1975? Nice gun that was barely used. Spent a few days now oiling it and cleaning old varnished lube out of it. Only thing that strikes me odd, is the pressed checkering and wood stocks that look alot like what you see on Mossberg 500's. It also weighs 6lbs 3oz... not my idea of featherweight but it is balanced nice. Todd/3leg

Post by **Old Savage** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:48 am

I have a 12 ga new in 75. It is excellent with thousands of rounds through it. A find I would say for you.

piller · Post by **piller** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:53 am

If it is in good shape, it sounds like a find to me. 20 gauge in them is not one I have ever seen. Doubt it is a high priced item, but it should be fun. I sure wouldn't turn it down. I always heard that Ithaca made for accurate slug use.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:15 am

For small game hunting it is one of the best pump guns ever made.

fatboy · Post by **fatboy** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:32 am

Had one, was stupid to let it go!
Bob

Ray Newman · Post by **Ray Newman** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:03 pm

"For small game hunting it is one of the best pump guns ever made.'
--.45Colt

BINGO! Back-In-The-Day when I was lad in the 1950's, small game hunters had an Ithaca or a SxS. Ithaca had the name and reputation,longevity, and quality to go with it! I always lusted after a 16 gauge Featherweight.

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:25 pm

piller wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:53 am I sure wouldn't turn it down.

I didnt, I took it in on trade. Dont think I wanna sell now. I also got 24V in 357 over 20 gauge a few days b4. Getting too attached to things again. Have a shiw to do in Aransas Pass mid-december. So can wait til then to decide....!

kaschi · Post by **kaschi** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:09 pm

I also have a 20 gauge from the 70s, great little pump(!) but I've always wanted to replace the stock with an English style straight one and the pump handle with a thinner (smaller in diameter) style. The one that's on it now looks like something you could sell to an Eskimo to club seals with.

Post by **Old Savage** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:14 pm

It is a matter of taste.

JOG · Post by **JOG** » Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:43 pm

My local gun shop takes in one or two a month. Mostly 50 years old +
Generally speaking they don't last very long!
Most are gone within 48 hrs.!
Great old school shotgun!
Good luck with yours!
Johnny

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:59 am

JOG,what kind of price do they put on them. Right now I would like to find an extra barrel for it. It is really beginning to grow on me.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:57 am

Todd, if it is chambered for three-inch shells, shoot a few and then decide. I shot one many years ago and found the recoil surprisingly unpleasant.

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:12 am

Bill, itsa 2 3/4" chamber. I wouldnt shoot 3" unless it was an emergency. I shot some 3" R-P goose loads with 1 7/8oz 12 gauge shells in a Mossberg , felt like getting hit in the palm of my hands with a baseball bat!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:19 am

I got a deal on a 20 ga Deerslayer....beautiful, but it threw slugs down a couple feet, and to the right....The gunsmith at the shop I bought it at couldn't fix it.

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:34 am

Blaine wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:19 am I got a deal on a 20 ga Deerslayer....beautiful, but it threw slugs down a couple feet, and to the right....The gunsmith at the shop I bought it at couldn't fix it.

Still have it or the barrel?

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:51 am

3leggedturtle wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:34 am
Blaine wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:19 am I got a deal on a 20 ga Deerslayer....beautiful, but it threw slugs down a couple feet, and to the right....The gunsmith at the shop I bought it at couldn't fix it.
Still have it or the barrel?

This was about 40 years ago.....IIRC, I traded it in on a T/C .54 Cal Renegade Kit....

MS 9x56 · Post by **MS 9x56** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:24 pm

My 37 deerslayer in 20 gauge made in 1959 iirc had the ring tail forearm and no checks ring and weighed 6lb even. I prefer the looks of the earlier 37's as I believe the fit and finish were better then. I also have a carbine 12 gauge deerslayer made in 1960 that shoots pumpkin ball slugs into 2 1/2" at 100 yards. Won a lot of bets with that one. Used to hunt woodchucks with it in the summer for practice.signed 6 1/2 lbs and kicked like the proverbial mule. Was pure poison on partridge and woodcock.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:06 pm

The really nice thing about the M37 is that each receiver is different for a different gauge. The smaller the gauge the smaller the frame is.

JOG · Post by **JOG** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:35 pm

I see the 37's in the $4 to $7 hundred range depending on age and condition.
If there in very good shape there gone quickly!
If there well used they will still sell.
It might take a few days.
Johnny

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