Shot 10 whole dollars worth of slugs today!

Varminterror said:
I've always wished someone would franchise FleetFarm down here. Lakeville FF was my favorite farm store growing up.
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They barely deserve their name anymore. Every year they have less and less farm and fleet and more and more Columbia sweaters and small appliances. They have expanded their sporting goods quite a bit fortunately.
 
Show Me said:
If your going to show a shotgun your legally bound to describe it
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The glorious POS you see before you is the crappiest Ithaca model 37 featherweight I think I have ever seen. I was told someone brought in about 100 guns from their father who was a gunsmith and they bought everything that looked like it was functional. I don't know what kind of gunsmith he was but nearly everything they got from him was complete crap and had hardware store screw eyes threaded into the stock for some reason. I had been prowling gun broker trying to find an original Ithaca Riot Gun, and when I walked in and saw the $100 price tag on this I decided it was close enough. The end of the barrel had a big dent in it and there was no butt pad. This one and a few others they had look like they had sat in about an inch of water for awhile. I cut the barrel off at 20" and soldered a dovetail front sight base on the end of the barrel. And filed down a front sight blade until it was roughly zeroed for foster slugs at 50 yards. I zeroed the windage by melting the solder and moving it right and left till it was about right.

Its manageable with the slip on recoil pad and milder slugs, but with no pad and hot slugs or buckshot its the most hilariously abusive thing I've ever shot. I used to bet people that if you can shoot a 1-1/4 ounce magnum slug and keep your hand on the forend I'll give you $20. If you are not prepared for it with heavy loads the slide comes out of your hand and ejects the shell on its own. I have checked and the locking surfaces and all internal parts are in good condition and it is going fully in battery, I've been told that's just the way 37's are. 🤷‍♂️
 
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I bought 20 5-round boxes of Federal 16 ga #1 buck and 10 of the 12 ga #1 buck for $1.75 each when a LGS cleared them out years ago. I still have a bunch of those buried on the shelf.

Stay safe.
 
Varminterror said:
I've always wished someone would franchise FleetFarm down here. Lakeville FF was my favorite farm store growing up.
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I liked that store too. Now I live closer to the new one in Monticello. But for guns and hunting I like Runnings Fleet Farm in Monticello better. I bought a shotgun there a couple days ago.
 
d2wing said:
I liked that store too. Now I live closer to the new one in Monticello. But for guns and hunting I like Runnings Fleet Farm in Monticello better. I bought a shotgun there a couple days ago.
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I hadn’t heard of FF…
We have a camping spot about 1 1/2 hours away from our residence, and another 3/4 hour north of that is the Sioux City IA/SD metroplex..
They had a FF we stopped at for something to do……. That place was HUUUuuuuGe…!
The firearm area was much larger than I would have expected… :oops: :)
 
commygun said:
Incredibly, Target used to sell ammunition. When they stopped, they clearanced their 5-rd. boxes of Winchester shotgun slugs for $.50 a box. I bought everything they had. I still have most of them. A few shots (and the associated recoil) and I’m good for another five years.
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An extremely younger version of myself may or may not have fondled the shotgun shells on the shelf at the Boulder Target back in the day (80's). On the rare occasion I enter that store in the present epoch, I sometimes mention that they used to sell ammo to some unbelieving purple-haired and pierced hipster.
 
The Fleet Farm in Hudson, WI, has a great Sporting Goods section, and the Gun counter Mgr. is a friend of mine.

I used to stock ammo at Target, K Mart, and Walmart. Stocked up on pistol ammo when Walmart clearance it prior to stopping selling it.

Nice rescue of that FW 37!
 
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someguy2800 said:
I am not normally such a big spender on ammo, but today I thought, what the heck, you only live once and can't take it with you. Don't tell the neighbors, they'll think I won the lottery.

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Those are some old slugs. Love the Deerslayer. I have 2 a 12 and a 20 both rat tails like yours. Great deer guns and not bad on small game.
 
someguy2800 said:
The glorious POS you see before you is the crappiest Ithaca model 37 featherweight I think I have ever seen. I was told someone brought in about 100 guns from their father who was a gunsmith and they bought everything that looked like it was functional. I don't know what kind of gunsmith he was but nearly everything they got from him was complete crap and had hardware store screw eyes threaded into the stock for some reason. I had been prowling gun broker trying to find an original Ithaca Riot Gun, and when I walked in and saw the $100 price tag on this I decided it was close enough. The end of the barrel had a big dent in it and there was no butt pad. This one and a few others they had look like they had sat in about an inch of water for awhile. I cut the barrel off at 20" and soldered a dovetail front sight base on the end of the barrel. And filed down a front sight blade until it was roughly zeroed for foster slugs at 50 yards. I zeroed the windage by melting the solder and moving it right and left till it was about right.

Its manageable with the slip on recoil pad and milder slugs, but with no pad and hot slugs or buckshot its the most hilariously abusive thing I've ever shot. I used to bet people that if you can shoot a 1-1/4 ounce magnum slug and keep your hand on the forend I'll give you $20. If you are not prepared for it with heavy loads the slide comes out of your hand and ejects the shell on its own. I have checked and the locking surfaces and all internal parts are in good condition and it is going fully in battery, I've been told that's just the way 37's are. 🤷‍♂️
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Does it slam fire?
 
I used to stock up on Remington Nitro Sporting 12 ga sleeves of 100 rds for $27.99 from Walmart. We can only wish these days.

And I agree... love the old 37. Rode hard and put up wet, but still effective at what it was made for. My buddies dad has an old steel framed 37. I completely disassembled it, hot soapy water, assembled and relubed it. One of the slickest actions I've ever felt, I can see the slide coming back on firing.
 
Steve in NC said:
I used to stock up on Remington Nitro Sporting 12 ga sleeves of 100 rds for $27.99 from Walmart. We can only wish these days.

And I agree... love the old 37. Rode hard and put up wet, but still effective at what it was made for. My buddies dad has an old steel framed 37. I completely disassembled it, hot soapy water, assembled and relubed it. One of the slickest actions I've ever felt, I can see the slide coming back on firing.
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I don’t believe the 37 was ever made in anything other than steel frame.
 
someguy2800 said:
They barely deserve their name anymore. Every year they have less and less farm and fleet and more and more Columbia sweaters and small appliances. They have expanded their sporting goods quite a bit fortunately.
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I get the feeling that their top C-suite team really wants to be a Walmart Bass Pro and drop the farm stuff. I stopped getting chicken feed from them about 3-years ago because it seemed to always have gone bad, usually from being left sitting in a puddle or something.
 
NautiBuoys said:
Ithaca 37‘s were made with steel and aluminum receivers.
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I have never seen one with an aluminum reciever. Must have been after they were moved out of Ithica NY. If you have one could you tell me year of manufacture?
 
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