I own a handful of Ithaca 37s. Really like the 16ga. One 16ga is a solid rib version, the other vent rib. Haven's shot the VR model as I've been dragging my feet with a needed stock repair.
I could really like the 16 ga if they ever made it with the English stock in the Featherlight model; did they? But a big obstacle for me, a lefty, is the plunger safety that has to be pushed off from the right side. And I don’t know if that one is reversible.
The 37 safety can be reversed. RH-LH, LH-RH. Don't believe the trigger group of the Featherlight is any different from the others. My most recent Mod 37 acquisition (a 16ga VR, with a p*ss poor job of reattaching the broken toe) had the safety configured for a LH shooter. Pretty simple to change it over for a RH shooter, which I did.
As to whether Ithaca ever made a 16ga Featherlight with an English stock - can't help you there.
