My small collection of slab side M37/87s

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Three factory barrel lengths represented here: 14,18.5 & 20.
The 20 incher (M37 DSPS barrel on an M87 receiver) has the harder to find LAPD wedge type sight. (just like a patridge rearsight and the arcylic tapered front blade) The color actually does not match barrel to reciever and it may have been rushed out of the factory before one of the bankruptcies. The one in wood is actually an M87 Deerslayer Basic Field wearing a 14inch pipe and this is not the original barrel. (1989)
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Okay PG only stocks are not my favorite. (awaiting wooden handles)
BTW its an older M&P shotgun with a big brass bead on the raised ramp.(1971)
The fullstock PG stock is the M87 Ithaca Deerslayer Police Special II.
The other beaded 7 shooter was built by Ron Sharp, with myself providing some key parts and his very last parkerized action.

enjoy......
 
I've been thinking of picking up a riot configured '37 from Sharp's, to replace my heavy 870 as my hiking gun.
 
Until the Angels Fall said:
What is a "slide slab"...another name for leftie shotguns?
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The normal sporting variant of M37 or M87 Ithaca usually has a roll stamped game scene on both sides of the blued receiver. These usually parkerized LE/military/self-defence shotguns, as a rule, do not come from the factory with any game scene. Hence my rough term for them, slab sides.
There were police deerslayers that came factory blued with the game hunting scene.
(1962'ish or something, give or take a few years) I believe the parkerized ones started in 1966 or so.
The WW2 bona fide Ithaca trenchguns had the same engraving and came factory blued in the 1940's IIRC.
 
Brutus said:
In the same barrel length and purpose shotgun, Ithacas usually are about one pound less than the same style Rermington 870.
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It feels more like 10 lbs! I've got a field length '37 and that seems to weigh about as much as the barrel alone does on my 870.

Besides the weight reduction I just like the operation of the Ithaca that much more.
 
870P said:
It feels more like 10 lbs! I've got a field length '37 and that seems to weigh about as much as the barrel alone does on my 870.

Besides the weight reduction I just like the operation of the Ithaca that much more.
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Blasphemous! Especially for a dude going by the handle "870P"!!!!
 
Very nice collection. The 14" looks sharp.

I keep meaning to refurbish an old 37 that I have kicking around and turn it into a nice practical/tactical. Already have a 14" barrel. Have a sidesaddle on the way too. Wish I had slabside receiver instead of the engraved one but I think it would still look good if I parkerize the whole gun to match the barrel and refinish the stocks with an oil finish. Plan on installing Remington rifle sights on it too. Do believe that Numrich has large safeties available.
 
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