[AcceptableUserName]

I couldn't a find a youtube video. Let's make this for a Browning BPS too. Just how hard are these guns to take down, diagnose, upgrade, maintain...

[JESmith]

The Ithaca 37 is very simple to take down and lube. Slide the action back. Screw IN the magazine tube nut a couple of turns. Give the barrel a half twist counterclockwise. That's about it. You can clean and lube most everything at this point. I have a full PDF of the manual, PM me if you want a copy.

[AcceptableUserName]

I ahve the manual...I found a download torrent for 5,000 firearms manuals...4 gigs woerth. Haha. I forgot to check there. I want to get into the useage and knowledge of the bps and 37, but it's a bit intimidating.

[pikid89]

i have 2 one with fixed full choke and the other with a factory poly choke but cant figure out why the barrels are not interchangable

[Leadhead]

i have 2 one with fixed full choke and the other with a factory poly choke but cant figure out why the barrels are not interchangable

The older guns had barrels individually fit and are not interchangeable.

[Grunt]

The Ithaca 37 is very simple to take down and lube. Slide the action back. Screw IN the magazine tube nut a couple of turns. Give the barrel a half twist counterclockwise. That's about it.

That's only the half of it but the rest isn't so simple. In order to remove the bolt, first step is to remove the buttstock. Then there are the screws that prevent the elevator screws from backing out. Sure, taking the barrel off isn't any harder than any other pump but when it comes to anything further than that, a Mossberg or Remington is MUCH easier!

[Micro]

It's a pain in the arse like the last poster stated. I got to the point I wiped down everything I could reach after use, but dropped it off at a gunsmith for a day once a year for a thorough cleaning.

[Milkmaster]

I wouldn't call it a pain in the arse as was said before. For routine cleaning the barrel comes off easily and the receivercan be wiped out and lubed easily. Every few years you might take off the butt stock and perform a full disassembly. I just took one apart for the first time in years for me and the gun. The process was not overwhelming and took about 30 minutes to clean and reassemble. I have both the 37 and a BPS. Both are super pump guns.

[oletymer]

Follow Milkmasters comments and you should be good to go. I have two of them and that is what I do except that I do the full cleaning every year.

[AcceptableUserName]

I may still buy one at some point. I don't hunt a lot and if I do I'll use a Wingmaster every time. I want one in defense configuration. How hard is it to find 18-20" barrels? They're just too cool not to own one. Love the classic styling and bottom eject.

[JESmith]

Here you go... http://www.ithacagun.com/defense37s.html

[AcceptableUserName]

I saw those. Interesting, I don't know how sturdy they'd be compared to the old version with the barrel lug.

[Youngster]

The new Ithaca company said they'd custom build me a '37 with a removable barrel in riot or DSPS configuration, with choke tubes and a stock cut to 13" LOP, for not a crazy whole lot more than they charge for their Defence models.

[AcceptableUserName]

not bad!!!!! I will look into that!!!

[Youngster]

I looked into it about 5 months ago, I was't sure at the time exactly what configuration I wanted and was just trying to ballpark some figures.

"Not a crazy whole lot more" means somewhere around $100-$250 more than a Defence depending if you want rifle $ights or a lengthened forcing cone or choke tubes on top of a basic parkerized removable barrel gun. The stock shortened with a pad fitted was a low or no cost option as I recall.

All in all it would be hard to beat that by buying a used vintage 37 and trying to get it to where you want it.

[AcceptableUserName]

it'd be really hard to beat that. I'd take the bead anyway. Definitely something to consider, I was planning on a semi for my next major shotgun purchase but I think a contender has just entered into the mix!

[Youngster]

it'd be really hard to beat that. I'd take the bead anyway. Definitely something to consider, I was planning on a semi for my next major shotgun purchase but I think a contender has just entered into the mix!

Yeah I would have gone bead, forcing cone, choke tubes and 4 round magazine, the 7 round mag hurts the handling too much IMO and limits the barrel options. I was also going to have some extra parts like firing pins, mag springs and a steel follower thrown in there while I was at it.

I'm also probably going to go semi for my next shotgun though, I find I like shooting my old Ithaca 51 autoloader more than any pump and a newer design would be a big improvement over that.