My Model 37 was, and still is, a plain Jane, if ever there was one. It was first introduced in 1937 and its claim to fame was its lightweight and bottom ejection, a feature that found a dedicated following by both righties and lefties. The Model 37 was new in the box, but not new in design.

I don’t remember how I came up with nearly $50, not an easy task in 1960, but Dad matched my stash and I soon cradled a shiny new Ithaca Model 37, a repeating shotgun, something new to me in more ways than one. Besides that, he wasn’t shy about enjoying a squirrel stew or fried rabbit. But he encouraged me to hunt, if I enjoyed it. He was always that way, willing to help only if I honestly earned my share.ĭad never hunted, never wanted to, and never would try it. My Dad, no pushover for easy money, suggest that if I really wanted a shotgun of my own, that he would pay half. I was wondering what the general consensus is on this shotgun.I was 16 years old, a serious small game hunter with a killer beagle and lots of great briar and grass fields near home, but until then, I was using a borrowed shotgun. he called them and they offered him $5,000 sight unseen, no pics or anything. He called Ithica and they gave him the number of the gunsmith they use for this wort of work. There's engraving (a swirl pattern) along the length of the barrel on that metal piece that runs the length of the barrel. Even the Ivory sight on the end of the barrel is intact. The gun is fully engraved, it's got a lab engraved on one side, a setter on the other in brass inlay on either side of the breach, a brass medalion on the underside of the stock, there's even some engraving in the breach where the barrels break over (and there is an ejection tab when you break the breach over). One of the barrels is blown out, we suspect someone used modern overload ammo in it. It's beautiful (he's getting me pics, as soon as I have them I'll upload them and add the to this post).

My Uncle bought an Ithica double barreled shotgun at an estate sale. I'll try answer questions as best as I can.

New ithaca gun double barrel