Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight - Riot Gun, LSP "Angola"
Louisiana State Penitentiary; "Angola", "The Farm", "Hell on Earth".
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Louisiana's supermax prison has a notorious history from it's official opening in 1901. It is the largest maximum security prison in the United States with 6,300 offenders and 1,800 staff. Housed on the 18,000 acre Angola Plantation (the name of the African country where most of it's original slaves hailed from) on the end of Highway 66 , it has a long history of abuse, corruption, and harsh conditions.
Featured in movie and film ("True Detective" first superb season, "Dead Man Walking") it's notoriety still resonates in modern times as New Orleans mayor Ray Nagan warned potential Hurricane looters during a press conference on August, 31 in 2008:
"Anybody who is caught looting in the city of New Orleans will go directly to Angola. Directly to Angola. You will not have a temporary stay in the city. You go directly to the big house, in general population. All right? So, I want to make sure that every looter, potential looter, understands that. You will go directly to Angola Prison. And God bless you when you go there."
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I have an affinity for Ithaca 37s, owning several (including Vietnam war riot guns, and 70s/80s Police Specials). They have a great no-nonsense design, will fan-fire (many use the misnomer "slam-fire'), bottom eject, and are a dependable scatter-gun dating to use back in WW2.
This particular 20" extended magazine, Ithaca 37 is a handsome straight-forward guard gun, with a great patina and use marks that give it a gritty character. It has many scuffs and minor wear but in an overall and uniform fashion and it's brown patina is developed nicely. The stock is cracked but was repaired well using old school brass stock repair pins, and this just adds to the overall character of the gun. It also bears several "rack" numbers or catalog ids, stamped on the stock, as well as etched (well, scratched on the bottom of the receiver) and has a metal stamped LSP on the receiver. It is kept in it's original survivor state and I prefer it this way. I love all of my prison and duty guns in the collection to have some wear and "character" and would actually prefer it this way than if it looked like it rolled fresh out of the factory.
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LE Duty and prison riot guns have had a resurgence in collecting, and I have many in my Trench/Riot gun collection. It's an ambitious thread and a lot gets lost in the mix so I occasionally feature a shotgun from there like this one with some backstory. The 500 pics promised in that thread title isn't "click-bait" either, I've photographed about 100 shotguns from the collection and have a few dozen to go, so it will hit that picture limit eventually. Do check out that thread if you get a chance, and keep an eye out for constant forthcoming updates.
Trench gun & Riot gun - Destro collection - 500+ pics
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https://www.longislandgunclub.com/fo...ction-500-pics
Louisiana State Penitentiary; "Angola", "The Farm", "Hell on Earth".
ithaca37_angola_6.jpg
Louisiana's supermax prison has a notorious history from it's official opening in 1901. It is the largest maximum security prison in the United States with 6,300 offenders and 1,800 staff. Housed on the 18,000 acre Angola Plantation (the name of the African country where most of it's original slaves hailed from) on the end of Highway 66 , it has a long history of abuse, corruption, and harsh conditions.
Featured in movie and film ("True Detective" first superb season, "Dead Man Walking") it's notoriety still resonates in modern times as New Orleans mayor Ray Nagan warned potential Hurricane looters during a press conference on August, 31 in 2008:
"Anybody who is caught looting in the city of New Orleans will go directly to Angola. Directly to Angola. You will not have a temporary stay in the city. You go directly to the big house, in general population. All right? So, I want to make sure that every looter, potential looter, understands that. You will go directly to Angola Prison. And God bless you when you go there."
Angola-748-Building-the-Receiving-Center.jpg
angola calhoun.png
I have an affinity for Ithaca 37s, owning several (including Vietnam war riot guns, and 70s/80s Police Specials). They have a great no-nonsense design, will fan-fire (many use the misnomer "slam-fire'), bottom eject, and are a dependable scatter-gun dating to use back in WW2.
This particular 20" extended magazine, Ithaca 37 is a handsome straight-forward guard gun, with a great patina and use marks that give it a gritty character. It has many scuffs and minor wear but in an overall and uniform fashion and it's brown patina is developed nicely. The stock is cracked but was repaired well using old school brass stock repair pins, and this just adds to the overall character of the gun. It also bears several "rack" numbers or catalog ids, stamped on the stock, as well as etched (well, scratched on the bottom of the receiver) and has a metal stamped LSP on the receiver. It is kept in it's original survivor state and I prefer it this way. I love all of my prison and duty guns in the collection to have some wear and "character" and would actually prefer it this way than if it looked like it rolled fresh out of the factory.
ithaca37_angola_3.jpg
ithaca37_angola_4.jpg
ithaca37_angola_2.jpg
ithaca37_angola_5.jpg
ithaca37_angola_1.jpg
ithaca37_angola_8.jpg
LE Duty and prison riot guns have had a resurgence in collecting, and I have many in my Trench/Riot gun collection. It's an ambitious thread and a lot gets lost in the mix so I occasionally feature a shotgun from there like this one with some backstory. The 500 pics promised in that thread title isn't "click-bait" either, I've photographed about 100 shotguns from the collection and have a few dozen to go, so it will hit that picture limit eventually. Do check out that thread if you get a chance, and keep an eye out for constant forthcoming updates.
Trench gun & Riot gun - Destro collection - 500+ pics
image_60686.jpg
https://www.longislandgunclub.com/fo...ction-500-pics
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