twistedoak wrote:that looks like a weak mainspring.
All of the *other* fired shells that I've looked at seem to have been well hit.
ammo type should not effect that
Indeed.
as far as ammo dumping you got it with a worn shell stop.
That's one part that I have *not* bought. (After the last fiasco, I'm not that keen to order more parts. However, I have *not* spoken to Zak about them.)
As I say, I've never seen a new Ithaca - it could be that all the Ithacas that I've seen are well-worn. What I'd *really* like to be able to buy is a gun indentical to what I've got but *new*...
Here's a question for the (Ithaca) Collective: is there a documented "tuning" procedure for the shell stops? In other words, given the dearth of Ithaca knowledge over this side of The Pond, what should I do to try to fix them?
if you sense play in the lock up look at the slide stop.
I've had to replace them before when I had excess play.the area is very small where it contacts the slide and its a high wear area
That's the area that I suspect, of course. And I certainly agree about the wear - the chap I've given it to is going to weld a little onto the end and then I'm going to file it back into shape. (I'm doing this because the new slide stop that I bought won't fit without fettling, so I might as well try fixing the old stop before hacking away at the new one.)
I feel for you guys across the pond ,the parts were talking about are common and cheap here.
I have everything listed above in my spare parts box.
Yeah, I should've been born American.
I also get the feeling your m37s are shot a whole bunch more then your avg m37 in the states.
over here m37s aren't considered range guns ,they are guns that get kept in a closet till small game season ,and put back after it closes
Well, "yes".
A requirement of our club is that new members take and pass a UKPSA-run safety course. It's a two-day affair and, at the end of the second day, they put together a really loooong stage - maybe forty steels to be shot. When *I* took this course, after that last stage, the outside of my M37's (Parkerized) barrel was smoking from end to end and thirty-years-worth of accumulated crud liquified and ran out from under rear sight. Such fun...
Regards,
Mark.
Came late in life to shooting but is making up for lost time...