![]() ![]() ![]() 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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