Ithaca 37

Ithaca 37 long barrel hunting version - 12 gauge

Ithaca Model 37 riot version - 12 gauge

Ithaca 37 12 gauge with sawed-off stock and barrel - 12 gauge

The Ithaca Model 37 shotgun is the longest continuously produced shotgun in U.S. history. It was based on a competitor's previous design in 1933 and was introduced in 1937 and has been manufactured continuously until this day. It is popular with sport shooters as well as home defense and police and military. Soldiers in wars after World War 2 have opted to carry it as a short range weapon in the field. It was popular amongst soldiers and elite units in Vietnam, usually for the man on point, since it was a sound design and very robust.

The Ithaca Model 37 or just "Ithaca 37" appears in many films set in time periods before to it's actual historical introduction. Since it is a descendant of the Remington Model 17 and then Model 31 Shotguns (Ithaca waited until Remington's patents expired to make the gun), it is essentially impersonating a Remington Model of the period. Since there are far fewer Remington Model 17s (in 20 gauge only) and Remington Model 31s in existence than Ithaca shotguns, the Ithaca 37 is a Remington Impersonator for any film set in any year prior to 1937 (and this includes the Depression and Prohibition Era films).

The Ithaca 37 shotgun and variants appear in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Ithaca Model 37 Shotgun

Film

Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing

Sylvester Stallone as Sheriff in Copland

Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese in The Terminator (with high-capacity magazine tube and sawed-off stock)

N.Y.P.D. SWAT officer in 16 Blocks

N.Y.P.D. officers in Light It Up (with standard and high-capacity magazine tubes)

American Gangster

N.Y.P.D. officers in The French Connection

Samuel L. Jackson as the robber at McDowell's in Coming to America

Albert Popwell as a bankrobber in Dirty Harry

DeVeren Bookwater as Bobby Maxwell in The Enforcer

Guy Pierce as Lt.Ed Exley and Russell Crowe as Det. Bud White in L.A. Confidential

L.A.P.D. SWAT officer in Lethal Weapon (deleted scene)

Nancy Fish as Mrs. Peenman in The Mask (long barrel hunting version)

Bad Boys II

Don Johnson in Dead Bang

A police officer in Dead Presidents

The Punisher (2004)

Detective Tapp and Detective Sing use the same Ithaca 37 in Saw

Smugglers in Blind Horizon

True Romance

Police Officers in Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Micheal Douglas as Jack T. Colton in Romancing the Stone

Dennis Quaid as Bob Hanson in Legion

Television

Honduran rebels in Stargate SG-1

CSI: NY (episodes: "Silent Night", "Boo")

"Zeke" Anderson in Tour of Duty

James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos (episode: "All Due Respect")

Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter in Hunter

Situation Critical

The Untouchables (1993) - impersonating a Remington 17/31.

Video Games

Left 4 Dead
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (with sawn off stock and barrel)
Team Fortress 2
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (with sawn off stock and barrel)
No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In HARM's Way
Contract J.A.C.K.
Far Cry 2 (as "Homeland 37," though it is a long-barreled hunting version, and with a side ejection port)
Resident Evil 5

Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"

The Ithaca Stakeout was an original Factory short barreled shotgun with pistol grip, designed for law enforcement (and NFA Tax Stamp holders). Though some full length Ithaca 37s were cut down, they are not "Stakeouts", only the original Short shotguns from the manufacturer can be called that. It came in both blued and parkerized finishes. Since most of Ithaca's factory receivers were created with sporting engraving on the side, many of the Stakeouts and military parkerized Ithaca 37s had the same 'sporting scene' engraved on the receiver as their field guns.