[Milkmaster]

Can someone tell me if the bottom eject system arrangement on a BPS is the same as the Model 37 Ithaca? I am familiar with the 37, but have not been close to a BPS to know. Are they the same?
Thanks for your time

[batmann]

I doubt they are the same. The BPS is heavier, has a tang safety and is a good, solid Shotgun.

[S&Wfan]

Yep, the Ithaca has a bolt safety, is very light and easy-to-carry, and is also a good, solid shotgun! The safety also reverses for us lefties . . . a great thing!!!

The only thing wrong with a light shotgun like my 20" barrel Ithaca DSPS 12 gauge slug gun is that it kills at both ends.

Funny thing is . . . I didn't feel a thing when I busted two bucks in mere seconds back in '99 in that hardwood bottom. The first I shot at 75 yards . . . then its partner bolted right to me, and I busted it and it bounced of the tree I was in as it fell at a full run.

That old Ithaca got retired . . . by the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission back around 1991 . . . after giving some agent great, reliable service . . . SINCE 1969! Heck, that's the year I graduated from high school and the parkerized slug gun is still in top form.

It still gives me great service today, and still sometimes accompanies me on deer hunting trips on the rainy days.

Yep . . . a good, solid shotgun indeed . . . and it still ALWAYS puts three huge rifled slugs into 1 1/2" . . . at point of aim . . . at 100 yards from the bench. OPEN SIGHTS TOO.

One fabulous-shooting shotgun indeed!



T.

[ArmedBear]

The guns are very similar.

The Browning is a solid gun. The Ithaca is a fine gun. This seems strange in an era where the pump gun is the cheap workhorse in the field, but the M37 hearkens back to a time when a fine pump was appreciated more.

[Milkmaster]

Great reviews guys and thanks. I want to know if the bottom eject mechanisms are the same? I am familiar with the 37. Does the BPS assemble in the same way etc. IS it like a Ford and Chevy of the same thing so to speak?

[oletymer]

They function pretty much the same. It is a like a Ford, Chevy thing.

[ArmedBear]

No, it's not.

The Browning is markedly heavier. If you just want a cylinder bore buckshot-thrower, that doesn't matter. But if you want a wingshooting gun, they're going to handle very differently.

[oletymer]

The question was does the bottom ejection work the same. He did not ask about weight, safeties etc.

[Marshall]

BPS Hunter: 6.15 to 7.11lbs

37 Featherweight: 7.3lbs

Unless you buy the Ultralight, the difference isn't very much. Some will say a few ounces makes a ton of difference, maybe if your name is Alice. Both are extremely nice pumps.