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Another advantage of the Model 37 is that it's ambidextrous, with the live shells going in and the fired cases going out the bottom of the action. It is a John Browning invention, originally built by Remington as the Model 17 and presently manufactured by Browning as the BPS. I have used more than one for years.

However, I have to make a pitch for the Winchester Model 12, with its voluminous magazine capacity and its lack of a trigger disconnect. Just pull the trigger once, hold it back, and work the slide, the gun will fire every time the bolt closes. Every other slide action shotgun I am aware of requires the trigger to be released and pulled for each shot.

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Ithaca 37's are slam firerers, too. Same deal, hold the trigger and the hammer follows the bolt into battery like a M12.

Don't forget John Pedersen and the 37, too. Must defend a fellow American of Scandihoovian descent! Not quite up to Browning's level but a great inventor in his own right. I believe he was involved in the original design of the 17 for Remington.

And yes, a fellow has to look long and hard to beat a Model 12...or a 97 for that matter.

Winchester had a 97 in their ammo plant they used to test shtogun shells. I have read it was used to fire over 1 million rounds of ammunition in its service with the company.