In the hands and in the hunting yarns of Major Charles Askins and Elmer Keith, their Ithaca 10-gauge magnum doubles made history in the marshes. Composer and band leader John Philip Sousa shared his design ideas for the ultimate double and the ultimate single barrel trap gun so today an Ithaca “Sousa” model might bring anywhere between $15,000 to $40,000 at auction.

At the end of the day, however, John Browning’s inspired design, introduced by the company in 1937, has been the bread-and-butter gun of the company. Today, the Ithaca Gun Company’s Model 37 pump is the finest Model 37 ever made, and it’s available in a surprisingly wide range of models.

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