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
