Loading the Ithaca 37 involves inserting shotshells of the proper gauge through the loading/ejection port in the bottom of the receiver and pushing them forward into the magazine until retained by the shell stop. The Model 37 Featherlight has commonly been seen in the hands of farmers and hunters in the midwestern United States. The Ithaca 37 remains a popular choice among civilians for both sport and personal protection. Other users include the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and various military, police, and security agencies and prisons around the world. The Model 37 was issued by the LAPD beginning in the 1940s and remained in service until the late 1990s. The New York City Police Department used two versions of the Model 37: one with a 13' barrel with forend hand-strap for its Emergency Service Unit and one with an 18' barrel for its Highway Patrol and solo patrol officers of designated low-crime precincts through a short-lived program spanning from the late 1970s to early 1980s. The largest single users outside the US Military were the New York City Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Department. The Model 37 was used by the United States armed forces in World War II, the Korean War, and especially the Vietnam War, where it gained a great reputation for reliability in the jungles of Vietnam. These included models for police, or deer hunting. There were multiple version of the Ithaca 37. Is an Ithaca M37 shotgun a good shotgun? That depends on what you want to do with it. This is a handsome trap gun that retains 95-97% of the original blue finish with silvering and small surface scratches along the high edges of the frame, and on the bearing surfaces of the mag tube and slide. (2 3/4'), 30 inch VR barrel (Full) with an excellent, bright bore. Ithaca Model 37T Trap Shotgun 12 Gauge Description: Serial #T754629, 12 Ga. 16 gauge from the first year of production 1937, and a nice 12 gauge bird gun from 1957. Two more Model 37's join the collection, both New York vintage guns. One has a 1973 date of manufacture, the other, 1985. Both are Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight 12ga shotguns. I have a friend asking about two shotguns. Much of the data presented for the Model 37 guns came from microfilm copies of Ithaca shipping records on file at the National Tracing Offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and from microfiche copies of invoices. Unique serial number sequences were established for special edition and commemorative Model 37 and Model 87 guns.
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