This is my first thread on this forum. I recently purchased an Ithica riot military shotgun. It is parkerized, It has US factory stamped on the right side of the receiver near the barrel. It has a 'P' proof stamp on the end of the barrel near rhe receiver and a 'P' proof at the top of the receiver near the barrel. I wanted to find out when it was made, but the serial number is way off from anything I have been able to find. It also has the military barrel serial number upside down near the receiver, and it is 'S 23320' rhe receiver s.n. Why does it's s.n.

The Model 1897 Trench Gun is an old lead dispenser indeed, but it is the Great Granddaddy of our modern day combat shotguns. Shotguns have come a long way since John Moses Browning introduced the M97 to the world.

Start with a 'P', and why is it only four didget? I'm thinking it is a Vietnam era military contract gun. Tom: It does have sling swivels. It was also owned by a police department, as there is a 'BPD' stamped in the pistol grip, and a faint BPD stamped in back of the two receiver screws on the left side of the receiver. The number P 341X is located on the right side in back of the two screws in the very back part of the receiver where the receiver meets the butt stock.

Maybe that is not the serial number and the S23320 on the barrel is? That doesn't make sence, to serial number the barrel and not the receiver? Could the P 341X be a Police number? It was added after the parkerization.

It has a 20' barrel. One more thing that seems odd to me is that it is FULL choked and is so marked on the left side of the barrel in very small letters on the barrel just in front of the receiver. Bell biv devoe poison zippyshare mp3. I even measured it with a barrel guage and sure enough it is FULL. Yes a picture is worth a thousand words, but I'm not so equiped, sorry. A couple things. Most of the 37s used in Nam were Full Choke by virtue of the barrels being bored to about.690' instead of the standard.729'.

Contoh skripsi kualitatif bahasa inggris pdf. This Deerslayer variant was equipped with open sights and intended for slugs. It worked with the buck of the day, especially the Military all brass cased version. This version was popular with point men and others needing close range power and shock in the jungle. Another variant had 18 and 20' barrel with beads and were used more for prisoners than combat. Both are collectable enough that forgeries occur. In either case, you have a fine shooter.

Sounds like what Tom said- an 'S' prefix Vietnam era riot gun. The top end of the serial number range for them according to Canfield is in the S23000's. The upside down number on the barrel is correct, the corresponding number should be stamped into the front face of the receiver. If it's genuine, it's a real find- collectors are nuts over military shotguns these days. It might be worth as much as 10 times what a regular used riot gun without the military markings would sell for. Take good care of it. You must be a military shotgun collector.

I'm trying to be. Now If I can just find a 37 Vietnam era Ithaca trench and a Stevens M77E. I have actually seen a couple of WWII Ithaca trench guns, but I have never seen a Vietnam era martially marked trench gun. I haven't ever seen a M77E Stevens either. I can understand the rarity if the Ithaca trench, there were very few made, but there were tens of thousands of the cheep trouble prone M77Es made, and have never seen one at a gun show or on the civillian market.