I used Remington's Reduced Recoil 8 pellet 00 buckshot, Federal's 9 pellet 00 buckshot, and slugs from Wolf and Brenneke. To test the M37 Defense Guns, I shot both the fixed polymer stock eight-shot and the five-shot polymer model with the recoil-reducing adjustable stock. This is the first shotgun I have shot that has an improved cylinder choke, so I was interested in how well it would perform on the range. This choke will allow a police or military operator to shoot any payload from less-lethal to 00 buck to rifled slugs. The M37 Defense Gun comes with an 18.5-inch improved cylinder barrel. This gives you a consistent pressure behind each round and each round enters the chamber the same every time. Ithaca has solved this problem in the M37 Defense Gun by press fitting the barrel and making it fixed. That's not so critical when shooting clay pigeons, but it could be in police operations. Unfortunately, the barrels do not mate up exactly the same, which leads to minor variations in pressure behind the payload and could possibly affect the consistency of shot placement.
This allows the shooter to swap the barrels for different applications such as hunting. The barrel of the standard sport M37 is removed by simply unscrewing the magazine cap. One of the changes from the old M37 to the new Defense Gun model is the fixed barrel. The bead sight has been used for decades and works no matter the light conditions. Ithaca keeps the sighting on these guns simple using a brass bead. Ithaca offers the M37 Defense Gun shotgun in a five- or eight-round model, in wood or polymer, with optional recoil-reducing adjustable stock. Agencies around the country have had these shotguns on duty for years. The M37 feels light, but it will take a beating. A seasoned operator shooting an M37 can rival a novice shooting self-loading shotguns for delivery of fast shots.
Consequently, the Ithaca M37 is one of the fastest operating pump shotguns on the market today. This pump is smooth and easy for most any stature of shooter. Production paused in 2005 when Ithaca once again changed hands.Ithaca's smooth operating pump is another feature that has made the M37 popular with past law enforcement users. At one time, the Ithaca 37 was renamed the Model 87, although it was soon changed back in one of many ownership changes. Ithaca has suffered many setbacks in its history, changing hands numerous times. Made in many different models, the Ithaca 37 has the longest production run for a pump-action shotgun in history, surpassing that of the Winchester Model 12 that had originally inspired Ithaca to produce pump-action shotguns. While Ithaca did produce some shotguns for military use during the war, they also produced M1911 pistols and M3 Grease Guns.Īfter the second World War, Ithaca resumed production of the Model 37. Many sporting arms ceased production entirely during the same period. With the depression dragging on and war looming on the horizon, it was possibly the worst time to introduce a sporting arm. After gearing for production of the Ithaca Model 33, they discovered a Pedersen patent that would not expire until 1937 along with the introduction date, they changed the model designation to 37.
They settled on waiting for Remington Model 17 patents to expire. The Model 31 would eventually be replaced in production by the less expensive to make Remington 870 which is still produced to this day.įollowing the World War I, the Ithaca Gun Company was searching for a pump-action shotgun to produce, primarily to compete with the ubiquitous Winchester Model 1912. The Model 17 was a 20 gauge of trim proportions, which Remington later redesigned and refined into the popular side-ejecting Remington Model 31. The Ithaca 37 is based on a 1915 patent by the famous weapons designer John Browning, marketed as the Remington Model 17.
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