Ithaca model 37 doesn
I have an older Ithaca model 37 that darn near refuses to release a new shell when I work the action.
Sometimes if you really rack it hard, the shell will release, sometimes not.
If I hold the gun upside down, there is a flat metal bar, bent in at the end, that holds the shell in the magazine. If I push that a bit with my finger, the shell releases.
I bought it used a long time ago, and the problem developed the second year i had it. I don't know if there is just a bunch of dirt behind the bar (I didn't drop it in the mud or anything)
I have held the thing out by slipping a thin knife blade behind it and then sprayed copiuos amounts of WD-40 behind it. I really can't tell it that has helped a bit or not.
I am also wondering if:
the action it just so worn it doesn't retract it far enough to release the new shellthe magazine spring is losing its springiness
I have thought about carefully filing the end of the bar so the shell has enough clearance to release
I have a feeling if i brought it to a gunsmith it would cost more to fix it than it is worth
I bought it used about thirty years ago and I think I paid $165 for it.
I was thinking of trading it in towards an over/under if the local gun dealer offers me enough for it. Otherwise I will just keep it.
Any thought welcome.
Tom Williams
I have an older Ithaca model 37 that darn near refuses to release a new shell when I work the action.
Sometimes if you really rack it hard, the shell will release, sometimes not.
If I hold the gun upside down, there is a flat metal bar, bent in at the end, that holds the shell in the magazine. If I push that a bit with my finger, the shell releases.
I bought it used a long time ago, and the problem developed the second year i had it. I don't know if there is just a bunch of dirt behind the bar (I didn't drop it in the mud or anything)
I have held the thing out by slipping a thin knife blade behind it and then sprayed copiuos amounts of WD-40 behind it. I really can't tell it that has helped a bit or not.
I am also wondering if:
the action it just so worn it doesn't retract it far enough to release the new shellthe magazine spring is losing its springiness
I have thought about carefully filing the end of the bar so the shell has enough clearance to release
I have a feeling if i brought it to a gunsmith it would cost more to fix it than it is worth
I bought it used about thirty years ago and I think I paid $165 for it.
I was thinking of trading it in towards an over/under if the local gun dealer offers me enough for it. Otherwise I will just keep it.
Any thought welcome.
Tom Williams