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Walt Snyder had the slickest, custom made 28 ga. M37 made, if not the slickest, it is in the top 2. Three years ago, a fanatical Ithaca M37 collector bought my first year 20 ga. M37, my M-17 as well as my first year 20 ga. 37R which was probably unfired. Yes, I understand the slab side comments re: the M37 also the rib differences between the ribbed M17 and M37R. The 37R 20 was made the year of Ithaca's war shutdown of civilian guns to make the 1911. In the first year of the M37 20 (1939) roller engravers for the receivers weren't set up properly and the run of some of the earlier guns was defective. Rather than junk those receivers, Ithaca had their factory hand engravers finish the job by handchasing more detail into the receivers. Also the early guns had a high luster blued finish.