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Ithaca 37
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).
One unique feature on the Ithaca 37, is that it both loads and ejects the shells from the bottom ejection port. This makes the Ithaca 37 a popular shotgun amongst left-handed and right handed shooters alike.
The Ithaca 37 shotgun and variants appear in the following films, TV shows, anime and video games used by the following actors:
Specifications
- Weight: Varies
- Length: Varies
- Barrel length: 13 inches (330 mm) to
- 30 inches: (762 mm)
- Cartridge: 12, 16, 20, or 28 ga
- Barrels: plain, ribbed, rifled
- Action: manually operated, pump-action
Ithaca Model 37 Shotgun
Film
- Police officers in Charley Varrick (1973)
- Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe in Any Which Way You Can (1980)
- Thomas F. Wilson as McCann in Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
- Charles Durning as Tom Billingsley in Desperation (2006)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- Phoenix Police in The Gauntlet (1977)
- Police officers in Fatal Beauty (1987)
- Police officers in Desperate Hours (1990)
- Clint Eastwood as Dr. John Hemlock in The Eiger Sanction (1975)
- Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing
- Roddy Piper as Nada in They Live
- Sylvester Stallone as Sheriff in Copland
- Ray Wise as Leon Nash and Paul McCrane as Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop (pistol grip, extended mag tube, no stock)
- Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese in The Terminator (with high-capacity magazine tube and sawed-off stock)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator and L.A.P.D. officers in The Terminator
- 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)
- N.Y.P.D. officers in The French Connection
- Samuel L. Jackson as the robber at McDowell's in Coming to America
- One of the diner robbers and a police officer in Sudden Impact
- DeVeren Bookwalter as Bobby Maxwell (Sawed-off stock) and S.F.P.D. officers in The Enforcer
- Felton Perry as Inspector Early Smith and S.F.P.D. officers in Magnum Force
- Casper Van Dien as Johnny Rico (Mounted underneath Morita Mk I rifle) in Starship Troopers
- 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)
- A police officer in Dead Presidents
- Sheriff's deputies in The Car
- Danny Glover as Detective Tapp and Ken Leung as Detective Sing in Saw
- Smugglers in Blind Horizon
- Police Officers in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Dennis Quaid as Bob Hanson in Legion
- Lucas Black as Jeep Hanson in Legion
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian in Watchmen
- Bill Paxton as Severen in Near Dark
- Steven Seagal as NYPD Detective Gino Felino in Out for Justice
- The Getaway 1994 Bad guy David Morse wields a pistol gripped model 37 during hotel shootout
- Police Officer in Death Wish 3 (extended mag tube)
- Johnathon Schaech as Kit and Phina Oruche as Cym in The Forsaken.
- Scott Glenn as Capt. Colby in Apocalypse Now {Trench gun fitted with a heat shield and bayonet lug.}
- Lee Garlington as Nancy Stalk in Cobra (1986) (with high-capacity magazine tube)
- James Lashly as Deputy Purvis in Extreme Prejudice
- Michael Gross as William Matix and David Soul as Michael Platt in In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders
- Robert Downey, Jr. as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder
- Joe Anderson as Deputy Russell Clank in The Crazies (2010) (extended magazine tube, pistol grip stock)
- Arizona State Trooper in Beyond the Law (1992)
- A deputy in Halloween II (1981)
- "The Boss" in Cool Hand Luke (1967)
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
- The Untouchables (1993) - impersonating a Remington 17/31.
- Skip Sudduth as Officer John "Sully" Sullivan in Third Watch (1999 - 2005)
- Various characters in The A-Team (1983 - 1988)
Video Games
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (with sawn off stock and barrel)
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (with sawn off stock and barrel)
- Far Cry 2 (as "Homeland 37," though it is a long-barreled hunting version, and with a side ejection port)
Anime
- High School of the Dead (found in Minami's household, w/ sight. Use by Takashi, Kohta (sometimes) and Saya(sometimes) )
- When They Cry (Sawed-off barrel and stock)
Animation
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.
Film
- Brad Pitt as John Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Angelina Jolie as Jane Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Michael Biehn as Corporal Hicks in Aliens
- Seen under the Hotel Clerk's desk in Heat
- A Mobster in Last Action Hero
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kimble in Kindergarten Cop
- Used by a thug in District B13
Television
- Philip Michael Thomas as Detective 'Rico' Tubbs in Miami Vice
Video Games
Animation
Ithaca 37 Deerslayer
Films