06-132-941

NAME – Ithaca Model 37 Riot Gun

TYPE – Slide-action repeater

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1941

CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR (12 Ga 2 3/4 in)

OVERALL LENGTH – 101.6 cm (40 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 51.1 cm (20.1 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore

CHOKE – Cylinder bore

LOAD – M257 #4 Hardened Buckshot

PELLET DIAMETER – 6.1 mm (0.24 in)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 27

WEIGHT OF PELLET – 1.3 g (20 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 384 m/s (1260 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2580 j (1903 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 95 j (70 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 2.86 kg (6 lb 4.8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.82 kg (4 lb 13.3 oz) with 5 rounds, 4 in magazine, 1 in chamber

SIGHTS – Front sight bead

EFFECTIVE RANGE – (30 yards)

OPERATION – Manual slide-action

TYPE OF FIRE – Repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 15 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 4-round tubular underbarrel magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.24 kg (8.5 oz) – 5 rounds

BASIC LOAD – Twenty rounds (2 boxes)

LOAD WEIGHT – 0.96 kg (2 lb 2 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Ithaca Gun Company, Ithaca, New York

STATUS – Obsolescent

SERVICE – US Military and Law Enforcement