12 ga Ithaca 37 featherlight pump value

What it's intended use is will have an impact. Most were 30" choked FULL pretty much useless unless you hunt turkeys these days. If you want to hunt ducks MOD or more open will easily handle steel shot. Even upland game and rabbit hunting works better with a MOD or IMP CYL choked gun. But if no steel shot is in the cards the barrel on it will work but not be ideal. Vent ribs, good condition, open chokes all add up to higher prices. 175.00 for a decent 30" Full choked, plain barrelled field gun is a fair price but not smoking. They ARE very good guns.

Darryl
 
Forgot to ask about the choke. It is a full length with added fibre optic sight. Not actually sure what all he wants it for. Just looking for a cheapish 12ga.

Does a refinished stock make any difference in value? As its a shooter not a collector im thinking no, at least not to me.
 
A refinished stock would make a difference if it was a collector gun and the fellow was trying to get original condition price. For a shooter grade it really makes no difference unless the buyer wants original finish. Ultimately, if you or your brother in law are happy with the way the gun is for the price, then that's all that matters. You don't find much of a shotgun for $175.00 these days and the model 37 is well proven.
 
madtrapper143 said:
What it's intended use is will have an impact. Most were 30" choked FULL pretty much useless unless you hunt turkeys these days. If you want to hunt ducks MOD or more open will easily handle steel shot. Even upland game and rabbit hunting works better with a MOD or IMP CYL choked gun. But if no steel shot is in the cards the barrel on it will work but not be ideal. Vent ribs, good condition, open chokes all add up to higher prices. 175.00 for a decent 30" Full choked, plain barrelled field gun is a fair price but not smoking. They ARE very good guns.

Darryl
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What Darryl said. If it was the 24" Deer Slayer model it would be totally worth the money because of the straight rifle barrel but a 30" barrel that can not handle steel is pretty obsolete when it comes to modern shotguns. A while back I bought a 37 featherlight with a 30" full choke for $135 which is at the top end of their value. I bought it as a fun gun. Let's say that I have a couple dozen shotguns in all type of configurations but the shortest barrel I own is 26". So instead of buying a new $200 Mossberg 500 and paying the taxes on it, I decided to grab the Ithaca and do to it what I've always dreamed of doing to my other shotguns but can never bring myself to actually doing. I turned down the barrel on a lathe to within 1/4" of 18 and I chopped the stock to 12 inch LOP. Added a shell holder, drilled and tapped for backup ghost ring and added a RedDot with an intergraded flashlight and laser. And I took out the plug. Lol.

I had the sight and shell holder already and I used a band saw to cut the stock so it did not cost me anything for the mods. I think I killed 2 birds with 1 stone or maybe even 3 b/c I always wanted to modify a gun, own a 18" barrelled shotgun and be able to let friends try it out with out worrying about someone damaging it such as my Holand & Holland or Perazzi. Consider fun gun and offer the guy $150.
 
I think you could do a lot worse than for $175 than an Ithaca 37. They're my favourite pump shotgun.

If it is a 30" plain FULL, it's a bit of a pain, but I think you'd be into for the right amount if you wanted to open the choke up or look into having choke tubes installed, you could still do alright.

Cory
 
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Guy just msg me and said he sold it to some else. Said it was mine but i guess more money makes ya do that kind of thing. Another deal will come along. They always do.

I knew Ithaca was good but had no idea they had that much respect out there.

Thanks for all the feed back everyone!
 
I had a feather lite years ago. I picked up at a gun show. Back in the late 80's' I traded a all matching number Enfield Jungle carbine. Price was at 160 bucks. The guy chopped the barrel to make it a slug gun Well I was young. It was not a slug gun. Function OK but kick like a mule, accuracy not good. The gun was not designed for that. Remember this was in the 80's no steel shot. I wish I had the Enfield. I recently picked up a Ithaca DS PS never fired built in 1982 Ithaca is great you can run the serial and it will provide you with info on the gun. My nephew still has the gun. He won't sell it back. It's a great upland gun for hunting and a great collectors piece. You can slam fire them like the old Win 97. They were used in movies. If you find one in good shape buy it. You won't go wrong they are a well built shotgun . Ithaca went back into production a few years ago but the price was high for a pump action. Buy one for function and collectors. Look at the old Browning hump backs
Riven said:
Guy just msg me and said he sold it to some else. Said it was mine but i guess more money makes ya do that kind of thing. Another deal will come along. They always do.

I knew Ithaca was good but had no idea they had that much respect out there.

Thanks for all the feed back everyone!
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i bought a 71 m37 about a month ago i paid 300 for it. and it was in pretty great condition.

it's become my fave pump in that time. really fun to shoot. sorry to hear you missed out on that deal but I think as long as the condition was good, only 175 is a steal.
 
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