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Craig and Joe at the New Ithaca are great guys to work with. Here is a 37 Centennial they assembled for me last year from old stock parts. I love it. 
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DT
You can just show us the picture! Details, details!
Two triggers, thats an excellent deal and if your not interested would you PM me with contact info.
As far as what to look for I would measure the barrel, which should be 25 1/2 to the frame to make sure it wasn't messed with. It should have a brass front sight and the checkering should be the cut version on the stock with a ring tail forend for post-war field guns. It should cycle without hesitation. I would be somewhat cautious if the screws are really buggered and make sure the bore is good.
Tim
"Not all who wander are Lost"
-Hoppie 14'
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Well it is a long but good story. When Craig aquired the company I sent them an Email to congratulate them and thank them for saving the company and keeping them in the USA, Upper Sandusky Ohio actually Tim. We corrisponded for a while about things like reissuing the NID and such. One day Craig called me about some centennial recievers they found in the inventory they inherited and he told me if I had a 37 they could retro-fit one of those receivers to my gun. I told him that I did not own a 37 worthy of the retro- fit. He responded by saying they could put together a gun using NOS parts with the exception of the stock which because I wanted an English stock would be new. 6 weeks later it arrived. It is SO sweet. They also had NOS model 51 receivers so I sent him my old 51 that and they reblued and inspected before they retrofit the old receiver. So I have a set now. A 37 and a 51. The 37 is as yet unfired, but the fit and finish is flawless. They make a nice gun, and are great people to work with. It is not often you can deal directly with the president of a company.  
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Tim and All: Paid for and picked it up today. Everything checks out as you suggest. 25.5-in. barrel, single brass bead, choke seems to measure (with the Galazan choke tool) a loose Mod., cut checkering, "ring-tail" forend, unturned screws, 14 inches of pull to a grooved "Ithaca Gun Co. Inc." buttplate, and 5.75 lbs overall. Pretty much just like Dubbletrubble's  Thanks to all for the advice. Now for a quail or two! TT
"The very acme of duck shooting is a big 10, taking ducks in pass shooting only." - Charles Askins
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Wait....you bought a Centennial for $250.00!!! I think I'll go jump off a bridge now!~ ( Just kidding they didn't make a Centennial 37 in 20 ga.)
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