- Ithaca Model 37 Serial Numbers
- Ithaca Model 37 Serial Numbers Location
- Ithaca Model 37 Serial Number On Barrel
All these Model 37's had the serial number prefix of 381. Any of these that came to the factory for service were converted back to the original shell stops at no charge. NOTE: Ithaca introduced interchangeable barrels commencing with serial number 850,000. MODELS, SERIAL NUMBERS AND MANUFACTURING DATES FOR ITHACA GUNS. Reprinted with express written permission from Walter Claude Snyder’s books “ The Ithaca Gun Company From The Beginning ” and “ Ithaca Featherlight Repeaters: The Best Gun Going: A Complete History of the Ithaca Model 37 and the Model 87 ”.
Unique serial number sequences were established for special edition and commemorative Model 37 and Model 87 guns. Much of the data presented for the Model 37 guns came from microfilm copies of Ithaca shipping records on file at the National Tracing Offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and from microfiche copies of invoices. S-prefix: This model of Ithaca Model 37 shotgun was produced for a 1962 United States armed pact. The serial numbers of the gun have a prefix ranging from 1,000 to 23,000 with the symbol U.S. On the receiver and proof markings as P on the receiver and barrel.
Ithaca Model 37 Repeater Serial Number Listing by Year.
Year All Model Guns
1937 1 to 3,500
1938 to 10,000
1939 to 18,350
1940 to 34,400
Standard Model Solid Rib * Skeet* Trap*
1941 to 50,900 70,000-71,500 80,000-80,400 88,000-88,150
1942 to 62,900 71,501-72,199 80,401-80,899WWII
1946 62,901 to 69,999 72,200-73,150 80,900-81,899 88,150-88,300 90,000-115,350
1947 to 157,150 73,150-74,700 81,900-82,499 88,300-88,760
1948 to 202,950 74,701-78,300 82,500-83,414 89,065-89,619
1949 to 302,500 78,301-79,999 83,415-83,964 89,620-89,969
Special serial number sequence for Solid Rib guns discontinued
310,000-310,099
1950 to 348,000 83,965-83,999 310,100-310,179
1951 to 413,000 84,000-84,169 310,180-310,404
1952 to 504,000 84,170-84,189 310,405-310,429
1953 to 544,000 84,190-84,399 310,430-310,619 509,600-509,649 509,650-509,699
All Model Guns 37-S discontinued after 1953
Special serial number sequence for 37-T guns discontinued
1954 to 574,000 ......1971 to 371,211,500
1955 to 602,000 ......1972 to 371,275,000
1956 to 652,000 ......1973 to 371,339,000 381,000,001-381,030,000
1957 to 704,000 ......1974 to 371,405,500
1958 to 727,000 ......1975 to 371,517,500
1959 to 759,000 ......1976 to 371,596,000
1960 to 777,000 ......1977 to 371,626,000
1961 to 797,000 ......1978 to 371,648,0001962 to 820,000 ......1979 to 371,678,000
1963 to 867,000 ......1980 to 371,709,000
1964 to 891,000 ......1981 to 371,728,100
1965 to 927,000 .......1982 to 371,758,700
1966 to 966,000 .......1983 to 371,850,800
1967 to 999,500 ........1984 to 371,871,500
Ithaca Model 37 Serial Numbers
1968 to 1,042,000 ......1985 to 371,882,000Ithaca Model 37 Serial Numbers Location
1969 to 371,091,500 ...1986 to 371,889,0001970 to 371,150,500