Vietnam war ithaca 37 shotgun7/11/2023 ![]() The bottom ejection makes it a comfortable gun for left-handers, at least for those whose hands are big enough to reach around the trigger guard to the distinctly right-hand friendly slide release. That strengthens the receiver and reduces the number of paths for dirt to enter, but it also makes loading from the magazine mandatory there’s no way to toss a shell into the ejection port. The ejection port and the loading port are one and the same. M37 uses a tipping bolt that locks into the massive steel receiver. In keeping with the tradition, the fit and finish are similar to the originals while the materials are better. It’s also the most visually charismatic of the three, and it’s no surprise that the newly reestablished Inland Manufacturing picked it as the third WW2 design to produce, right after M1911A1 and M1 carbine. ![]() ![]() Of the three variants, trainer (long barrel), riot gun (13 inch barrel), and trench gun (20″ barrel with a bayonet mount), the latter is the most rare. Even though under 10 thousand were produced during the war, M37 eventually became a commercial success. The shotgun was saved from oblivion by the Army needs during WW2. Ithaca Model 37 came into being just as John Browning’s patent for the action expired and, coincidentally, as the Great Depression dragged on.
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