Seems that there's a lot of Ithaca 37 fans on here so I thought I'd make a post with the serial numbers.

1 - 3500
1937
3501 - 10000
1938
10001 - 18350
1939
18351 - 34400
1940
34401 - 50900
1941
50901 - 62900
1942
No Production
1943 - 1945
62901 - 115350
1946
115351 - 157150
1947
157151 - 202950
1948
202951 - 302500
1949
310100 - 348000
1950
348001 - 413000
1951
413001 - 504000
1952
504001 - 544000
1953
509700 - 574000
1954
574001 - 602000
1955
602001 - 652000
1956
652001 - 704000
1957
704001 - 727000
1958
727001 - 759000
1959
759001 - 777000
1960
704001 - 797000
1961
797001 - 820000
1962
820001 - 867000
1963**
867001 - 891000
1964
891001 - 927000
1965
927001 - 966000
1966
966001 - 999500
1967
999501 - 1042000
1968
1042001 - 371091500
1969
371091501 - 371150500
1970
371150501 - 371211500
1971
371211501 - 371275000
1972
371275001 - 371339000
1973
381000001 - 381030000****
1974
371405501 - 371517500
1975
371517501 - 371596000
1976
371596001 - 371626000
1977
371626001 - 371648000
1978
371648001 - 371678000
1979
371678001 - 371709000
1980
371709001 - 371728100
1981
371728101 - 371758700
1982
371758701 - 371850800
1983
371871501 - 371881500
1984
371871501 - 371882000
1985

Thanks!

good info. i'll look mine up.

Thanks again.

This page also has other serial numbers for guns made by Ithaca, LeFever, and some others.

http://ithacagunrepair.com/IGSN/IGSN.html

Double check on this, but suggest you add a note for 1962 that Ithaca started with truly replace/switch barrels at # 855,000. That may make a difference to a buyer who wants differing choke selections for these fine pump guns.

Also, (double check this too) A good while back I asked a screw-in choke vendor about an installation on one of my early 16 Featherlights. He advised the barrel thickness wasn't sufficient for a drill/tap. Dunno if that is still the case for screw-in installations nowadays. Solved that problem by buying a couple more 16 Featherlights.

I'm no authority. I just found the serial number page when I was attempting to establish the year of manufacture for my own 37.

I suppose one could get any information they wanted by contacting the page that I linked in this thread.

Recently picked up a 16 ga 37 w/poly choke the shoots and handles better than expected. 1942 per the page above.

Interesting that I have one whose number, 37135XXXX, is not on the list.

That means it was manufactured somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle.

Russians!

Russian Jews perhaps?

And here I thought it was probably contracted by the CIA for some black op.

I found another page which shows 1973 for your gun.

http://www.ithaca37.com/serials.html

Thanks again! I bought it in '73, so it was fresh off the line.

I think the other page got jumbled at that point because of the four asterisk situation described at the bottom of the page.

Thanks B, just looked up my dad's, which was originally grandpa's, and it's a 1951 version.

Thanks for the info!