06-132-941

NAME – Ithaca Model 37 Trench 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 – M19 00 Buckshot

LOAD WEIGHT – 31.4 g (484 grains)

PELLET DIAMETER – 8.38 mm (0.33 in)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 9

WEIGHT OF PELLET – 3.49 g (53.8 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 290 m/s (950 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 1315 j (970 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 146 j (108 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.18 kg (7 lb 0.2 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.48 kg ( 7 lb 10.8 oz) with 5 rounds, 4 in magazine, 1 in chamber

SIGHTS – Front sight bead

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 27 m (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) – 0.30 kg (10.7 oz) – 5 rounds

BASIC LOAD – Twenty rounds (2 boxes)

LOAD WEIGHT – 1.22 kg (2 lb 11 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Ithaca Gun Company, Ithaca, New York

STATUS – Obsolescent

SERVICE – US Military and Law Enforcement

Records show that only 1,422 specimens were produced.