My next door neighbor (sister-in-law's husband and Marine Vietnam Vet) has been telling me for years that he had a pump shotgun he bought 15+ years ago that he wanted to get out and have me check it out for him. He bought it for home protection but had never shot it. He had no idea what it was other than it was a pump. He didn't want to shoot it because the last time he shot a shotgun in the 70s, he was shooting at someone. He got it out and gave it to me to check out today.
It is a 12 gauge Chinese clone of an Ithica 37 with a defense length barrel and a full choke with a wooden stock. It says it was imported from China by CIA of St. Albans, VT. It holds 5 shells and the action is smoother and tighter than my new Mossberg (not a high standard). The fit and finish is very nice. I don't think the gun had ever been shot and the five rounds I shot through it worked perfectly. It seems like a lot of gun he bought for around $150 from a friend. This is the neighbor who traded me a nice 70s vintage Taurus 84 38 special revolver that he had not shot in 20 years for my C9 Hi-Point because he wanted a heavy semi-auto with a manual safety. We still don't know which one of us got cheated but his experience with handguns was his army issued 1911.
It is a 12 gauge Chinese clone of an Ithica 37 with a defense length barrel and a full choke with a wooden stock. It says it was imported from China by CIA of St. Albans, VT. It holds 5 shells and the action is smoother and tighter than my new Mossberg (not a high standard). The fit and finish is very nice. I don't think the gun had ever been shot and the five rounds I shot through it worked perfectly. It seems like a lot of gun he bought for around $150 from a friend. This is the neighbor who traded me a nice 70s vintage Taurus 84 38 special revolver that he had not shot in 20 years for my C9 Hi-Point because he wanted a heavy semi-auto with a manual safety. We still don't know which one of us got cheated but his experience with handguns was his army issued 1911.