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Seems that there's a lot of Ithaca 37 fans on here so I thought I'd make a post with the serial numbers.
1 - 3500 1937 3501 - 10000 1938 10001 - 18350 1939 18351 - 34400 1940 34401 - 50900 1941 50901 - 62900 1942 No Production 1943 - 1945 62901 - 115350 1946 115351 - 157150 1947 157151 - 202950 1948 202951 - 302500 1949 310100 - 348000 1950 348001 - 413000 1951 413001 - 504000 1952 504001 - 544000 1953 509700 - 574000 1954 574001 - 602000 1955 602001 - 652000 1956 652001 - 704000 1957 704001 - 727000 1958 727001 - 759000 1959 759001 - 777000 1960 704001 - 797000 1961 797001 - 820000 1962 820001 - 867000 1963** 867001 - 891000 1964 891001 - 927000 1965 927001 - 966000 1966 966001 - 999500 1967 999501 - 1042000 1968 1042001 - 371091500 1969 371091501 - 371150500 1970 371150501 - 371211500 1971 371211501 - 371275000 1972 371275001 - 371339000 1973 381000001 - 381030000**** 1974 371405501 - 371517500 1975 371517501 - 371596000 1976 371596001 - 371626000 1977 371626001 - 371648000 1978 371648001 - 371678000 1979 371678001 - 371709000 1980 371709001 - 371728100 1981 371728101 - 371758700 1982 371758701 - 371850800 1983 371871501 - 371881500 1984 371871501 - 371882000 1985
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good info. i'll look mine up.
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This page also has other serial numbers for guns made by Ithaca, LeFever, and some others. http://ithacagunrepair.com/IGSN/IGSN.html
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Double check on this, but suggest you add a note for 1962 that Ithaca started with truly replace/switch barrels at # 855,000. That may make a difference to a buyer who wants differing choke selections for these fine pump guns.
Also, (double check this too) A good while back I asked a screw-in choke vendor about an installation on one of my early 16 Featherlights. He advised the barrel thickness wasn't sufficient for a drill/tap. Dunno if that is still the case for screw-in installations nowadays. Solved that problem by buying a couple more 16 Featherlights.
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I'm no authority. I just found the serial number page when I was attempting to establish the year of manufacture for my own 37.
I suppose one could get any information they wanted by contacting the page that I linked in this thread.
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Recently picked up a 16 ga 37 w/poly choke the shoots and handles better than expected. 1942 per the page above.
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Interesting that I have one whose number, 37135XXXX, is not on the list.
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Interesting that I have one whose number, 37135XXXX, is not on the list. That means it was manufactured somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle.
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Interesting that I have one whose number, 37135XXXX, is not on the list. That means it was manufactured somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. Russians!
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Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.
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And here I thought it was probably contracted by the CIA for some black op.
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Interesting that I have one whose number, 37135XXXX, is not on the list. I found another page which shows 1973 for your gun. http://www.ithaca37.com/serials.html
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Thanks again! I bought it in '73, so it was fresh off the line.
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I think the other page got jumbled at that point because of the four asterisk situation described at the bottom of the page.
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Thanks B, just looked up my dad's, which was originally grandpa's, and it's a 1951 version.
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