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.
