06-132-968

NAME -China Lake SEAL Shotgun

NAME (NATIVE) – Ithaca Model 37 w/Magazine extension and Duckbill spreader muzzle attachment

COMMON NAMES – Duckbill Shotgun

TYPE – Slide-action Repeater

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1968

CALIBER – 18.5x70mmR (12 Ga 2 3/4 in)

OVERALL LENGTH – 105.9 cm (41.68 in)

101.6 cm (40 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 50.8 cm (20 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore

CHOKE – Special w/horizontal to vertical spread of 4:1

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) – 2.95 kg (6 lb 8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.34 kg (7 lb 5.8 oz) with7 rounds in magazine + 1 in chamber

SIGHTS – None

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 27 m (30 yards)

OPERATION – Manual, Slide-action

TYPE OF FIRE – Repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 21 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 7 round underbarrel tubular magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.39 kg (13.8 oz) 8 rounds

BASIC LOAD – Twenty rounds (2 boxes)

LOAD WEIGHT – 0.96 kg (2 lb 2 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Ithaca Gun Company, Ithaca, New York – Naval Weapons Center China Lake, Special Projects Division, China Lake, California

STATUS – Obsolescent

SERVICE – US Navy SEALs

SHOT SPREAD AT 27 m (30 yards) = 244 cm (96 in) horizontal spread, 61 cm (24 in) vertical spread