I am simply amazed by the lack of knowledge of many persons who respond to this site. The Ithaca Model 37 Police Shotgun was simply the finest of its kind, used by more police departments around the world than any other. All steel parts, put together by hand; it was a testament to American craftsmanship and served both our GI's (in numerous wars and as late as Vietnam where they were used by Navy Seals as their preferred gun) and our boys in blue for over 75 years.
The shotgun had unique features such as ambi ejection and the fewest moving parts of any tactical shotgun.
Simply stated, any person who has never owned one or never shot one has no business dissing this great name in American gunmaking. Besides, this is just one more victory for the antis. Don't you think Chuck Shumer isn't giving Sarah Brady a high five right now? For you folks out there, Mossbergs 500s are crap, Winchester 1300s are garbage, and Remingtons are simply OK in comparison to this police shotgun.
The company's homeland defense 20" self-defense version (issued in 2000) was simply a masterpiece and I own two of them and would stake my life on them.
Uninformed people simply have no business commenting on this site.
This is a huge loss for us all and should be mourned.
