school me on ithica model 37s shotguns!

[mfp4073]

Been wanting a pump action shotgun for a number of years for home defense.....and well cause I want one. Decided I wanted a traditional style, short barrel with wood furniture. Few days ago found one of these in a pawn shop for 325$. Dont know about the price being good or not, but its got age to it. Might be 40-50 years old and looks good. But no way of know its real age. Like the fact that they were used by the military for trench gun purposes.

So tell me what you know. What kinda prices I should be looking at. How I can tell the age, etc.

Some porn pics first:

looks like this one, but patina of age.


would like one with a bayonet lug....how cool is that!