In more than 300 rounds only one malfunction was experienced. This helps substantially reduce recoil taken by the shoulder. The large diameter fore-end enables much of the recoil to be taken up by the forward hand. more, was not oppressive even with 2 ¾” magnum loads. Felt recoil, while appreciably greater than 20-ga. trigger pull and the gun’s tendency to shoot low. Performance at skeet was also handicapped by the 8 ¼ lb. Such a lightweight gun has little “follow through.” This made it somewhat difficult to hit skeet targets consistently. The barrel of the sample Ultra-Featherlight supplied to the American Rifleman Technical Staff was marked Mod. A gold color towering grouse against a red background is seen through the clear plastic center of the cap. The Side-Bell designed grip cap is a distinguishing feature. The butt of the brown rubber recoil pad is only 1 ½” wide and 4 5/16” long. Opportunities to reduce weight in the stock are also taken. The weight reduction results primarily from the use of aluminum for the receiver and trigger plate. Ithaca bills it as the lightest pump shotgun in the world. with a 25” ventilated rib barrel, its nominal weight is only 5 lbs. There is now an even lighter version called the Ultra-Featherlight. Nominal weight of the standard plain barrel 12-ga. It has been the company’s mainstay production gun ever since.Ī number of reasons account for the Model 37’s continued popularity. Shopīrowse our online store for new and used 37 Featherlight shotguns for sale.The first Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight pump-action shotgun left the factory in late 1936. Ithaca recommends the Featherlight for hunting upland game. The Model 37 is widely used by the Los Angeles Police Department and Sheriff’s Department. Other features include a beautiful walnut stock with a checkered grip and fore-end, a 4- to 6-pound single-stage trigger, a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad, Truglo fiber optic sights that are brightly colored and easy to see, and it is available with a vent rib barrel.
And the receiver was milled from a single piece of steel. It is ambidextrous because it ejects spent shells downward instead of to the side.
Ithaca says this system prevents the metal from warping, which could happen during the soldering process. It has Ithaca’s patented Solderless Barrel System where the steel barrel is fastened with lugs instead of being soldered together. The Featherlight is basically Ithaca’s standard shotgun or standard M37. The Ithaca Featherlight Model 37 is a pump-action shotgun chambered for 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge and 28 gauge.
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