Craig: that Model 12 is a beauty! Looks like new. I just bought a 1962 Model 12 with a 28" modified tube. The gun is absolutely new. Paid $465 and think I did well. I just got the gun, haven't shot it yet.
I now own several different kinds of pump shotguns, two Ithaca model 37s, a Rem 870, a slew of Model 12's, a 1300 and that old 97. So which is best? Truthfully, I think the Model 37 in 16 is the king of the hill. Mine is an old gun so I can't change out the barrel, but it is a modified so who cares? I do not want to thread it for choke tubes. I did that to the 37 12 gauge and it works fine. A model 37 is a darn nice pump shotgun, light and fast and they deposit the empties at your feet.
Ithaca is back in biz making the 37. Spendy tho. They have stopped making the 16, which is a shame.
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