11/30/2022 0 Comments Ithaca 37 police special choke![]() Ithaca Gun Companyĭuring the 1930s every gun company was trying to build a pump better than Winchester’s Model 12. Ithaca Model 37 The M37 is still in production. There was a “security” model manufactured in the 1920s that had a 20-inch barrel and cylinder bore choke. The 17 had a four-shot magazine with barrel lengths that ran from 26 up to 32 inches. You simply loosened it, and the barrel slid forward. ![]() The fore-end cap could not be removed from the Model 17. This sleek pump-action shotgun was only available in 20-gauge. Remington couldn’t bring it to the civilian market until 1921 (post World War I) because much of its manufacturing was tied up in supplying military arms. ![]() The Model 17 technically was born in 1913 from a John Browning design patented in 1915 and sold to Remington Arms. Remington Model 17 John Browning and John Pedersen collaborated on the design of the Model 17, though Pedersen altered the gun before it went into production. Loomis updated the 10 with the Remington 29 in 1930. An original condition 10R is considered a collectable and quite valuable. A wooden hand guard acted as a heat shield, and the shotgun had lug adapters to affix a bayonet. The Model 10 never became widely popular among hunters, but a limited number of them designated as the 10R (for riot) were used in World War I. ![]()
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