I can't attest to its dependability because I only spent one day in the field with it, but I can agree with the smooth-operating part. The Model 37 has a reputation for smooth operation and dependability. A day hunting doves at my family's farm revealed that it's great for such adventures. At 10 yards, all 24 of the 1 pellets impacted into the chest area on an IPSC-type target. military, police departments, and prison guards in the short-barreled configurations, but the ST gun is a hunting model, so that's what I put it to for this report. I tested the Ithaca Model 37 Defense Gun with Winchester 3-inch magnum 1 buckshot, 2-inch Federal Tactical 00 and 4 buckshot, and Winchester 2-inch light-recoil 00 buckshot loads. Historically, the Ithaca Model 37 was used extensively by the U.S. The receiver sports the simple engraving that was originally drawn by Ithaca firearms engraver Bill McGraw: waterfowl on the right-hand side and pheasants and a dog on the left-hand side. Ithaca Shotguns ATI Stocks And Tactical Shotgun Accessories On Sale Accessories For Ithaca Deerslayer Shotgun, Ithaca Deerslayer II Shotgun, Ithaca Model 37 Defense Shotguns, Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight and Ultralight Ithaca Model 37 Ladies Stock Shotgun Ithaca Model 37 Trap Model Shotgun, Ithaca Model 37 Turkey Slayer Shotgun, Ithaca Model 37 Waterfowl Shotgun, Ithaca Model 37 12 Gauge Shotgun. The barrel has a floating vent rib and the traditional orange/pink Raybar front bead sight.

It has three Briley chokes: Improved Cylinder, Modified, and Full. It's the Deluxe vent-rib version and has a checkered pistol-grip buttstock with 0.75-inch-thick recoil pad, checkered forearm, and 28-inch barrel that's threaded for screw-in choke tubes. The 28-gauge guns are built on a smaller receiver, which gives the model the easy handling and trim. Today’s Model 37 is available in 12, 16, 20 and 28 gauge.

Each stock has a black Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad. Other than the name change, it was the same gun. Improved Cylinder, Modified, and Full chokes came with the gun. In 1987, the name of the Ithaca 37 shotgun was changed to the Model 87. The review sample Model 37 was made in 1997, and its barrel is threaded to accept screw-in chokes.

Ithaca 37 shotgun recoil pad