crow slayer
December 16, 2001, 08:24 PM
Went to the gun show today looking for a slug barrel for my bps as my Ithaca m37 has given up the ghost, or so we think. Had no luck finding a slug barrel, but did bring home a Ithaca m87 (read glorified m37) with a 3 inch chamber and 28in vent rib barrel with choke tudes for $189. Only draw back is the previous owner was obviously a duck hunter (magazine plugged) who didn't clean very often. The parkerized (spelling?) finish has light surface rust, as when you run a white rag over it, the rag will be colored reddish brown.
Got her home, ran a couple handfulls of shells though her to make sure she functioned right and broke her down for a good cleaning. This gun is just like Dave's 870 turnins, it hasn't been babied on the outside, but hasn't been shot hardly at all. The blueing isn't even worn off the slide bar and the inside of reciever. After a good 2 hour cleaning the house has that pleasant Hoppes #9 smell and I think I found myself a bargain:D
CS
Got her home, ran a couple handfulls of shells though her to make sure she functioned right and broke her down for a good cleaning. This gun is just like Dave's 870 turnins, it hasn't been babied on the outside, but hasn't been shot hardly at all. The blueing isn't even worn off the slide bar and the inside of reciever. After a good 2 hour cleaning the house has that pleasant Hoppes #9 smell and I think I found myself a bargain:D
CS