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Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 691

Here are a few pics of my friend's pre-war 16ga. I have to load up my photo enhancing software on this machine (other machine crashed) so they are not as bright and crisp as they could be, but they give an idea.

Once I get the pictures redone, I will put up a separate post of what an Ithaca that has been redone to recreate it as it left the factory looks like

Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 827 Location: N. Shore, mn

drcook,
That one looks new.

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Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 827 Location: N. Shore, mn

Very nice work!

Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 754 Location: Mn.

So couple of weeks before fourtax posted this he had been working on me about going to the Sweet 16 shoot. Like I do every year told him I hadn't owned a 16 in 40 years but my first gun was a 37 28" Mod choke 16. Killed a lot of game with that gun and said maybe I should look for a 26" IC 37 for grouse. He said they are hard to find in that configuration but do exist. When he posted this I knew I was in trouble, he had done it once again.

Soon after this post he called me and said he would sell it to me for what he paid for it. We have a tradition after the last hunt of the day once the dogs have been groomed and guns put away to have a sit by the vehicles and drink a couple ounces of brown liker to chase the aches and pains away. I told him I'd provided the brown liker and he replied SOLD!

Been shooting it most of the summer and shoot it better than any of my other guns. No cast or pitch but it just fits me and shoots where I look just like the 37 I grew up with. But even better. Put on a KickEEZ pad to increase the LOP a bit, do have an Ithaca Sunburst pad but it is thicker so would have to cut the stock, not sure if I am or not. 2 months ago finally got around to refinishing it and am very pleased with the outcome. Did the final rub out last weekend, leaving Sunday for a week on the North Shore grouse hunting cut it pretty close. Of course it will be my main grouse gun this year including purple shells as it should be.

True fiddleback with lots of jewling

Other side

The hunting jacket was my grandfathers who introduced me to the 37 and the 16 ga.

After hunting season I will send the metal out to be reblued. Thanks Steve! Wait because of you I now own 4 16 ga. guns and 6 37's. Next thing you know I'll own one of those all up and twisted barrel SxS guns...

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Cold Iron, you have the nicest looking Ithaca 37's on the planet!

Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 827 Location: N. Shore, mn

Darn Mike that butt stock is even prettier than I thought it was. Glad to help you with the 16 ga disease. Embarassed

Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 754 Location: Mn.

Member Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 885 Location: Wisconsin

Great find, hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy my 50s 16 with a 28" M. barrel.

Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 39 Location: Southern California

I'm jealous, it's very nice. The Ithaca 37 16 gauge was the gun I started hunting with in the 80s. I wish I still had it. I'm waiting to come across a nice one to buy someday.

[quote="fourtrax"]Bought a 16 ga 26" I.C. Ithaca model 37. Decent shape but a shooter only.

Nothing wrong with 16 ga. "just shooters" in my book. They make excellent "no worries" field guns. Besides, that's what I've been led to believe the Model 37 was originally designed for (and it's why I bought mine).

As long as the gun functions like it should, then I'd simply knock any dust and other junk off, clean it up inside if it needs it, then simply use it and enjoy it as is. Spend your savings on shells and shooting practice. That's what really matters IMO--And good luck w/ your gun. Very Happy