Tim, as far as Im concerned you cant post enough of your M-17 memorabilia. Back in September I posted photos in another M17 thread with a couple of guns including the M17 you put me on and a 39 M37 with hand chased engraving. Since then I picked up this 42 20 gauge 37R. According to Walts book, about 2200 37Rs were made in 1941 and the first quarter of 1942. This number was shared among 12, 16 and 20 gauges. War production ended civilian weapons which resumed in 1946. A few of the post war guns utilized the hand-checkered forend, but transitioned to the ringed forend quickly throughout the production of the 37R. A lot of handwork was involved in the production of the Remington and Ithaca even in these standard grade guns.
Close-up of M37Rs rib and hand checkered forend
