[Brother in Arms]

While I like many of the shotguns listed
my favorite shotgun is the Ithaca Model 37!

Here are its major benefits, It has fewer parts than most pump shotguns which means less parts to potentialy lose or wear out. It has all steel contruction, wereas the reciever and trigger group of many of the other shotguns have aluminum or plastic components (which are difficult to repair if damaged). It has only one openening in the reciever so its less likely to acumulate dirt and debris, the other benefit is the location of the loading/ejection port is that its on the bottom of the reciever making both the loading and ejection of spent shells ambidexstrous.Another feature of this firearm is that it has no disconector meaning that the trigger can be held down and the forend pumped and it will continue to fire you send 5 rounds down range really fast. Like most other pump shotguns it has an easily removed barrel and they can swapped for longer or shorter barrel lengths.
I also really love the asthetics of this shotgun, it has smooth clean lines and it handles very smoothly and comes up on target well. It is also a fairly light weight shotgun.

It does have a few drawbacks...the majority of these shotguns can only chamber 2 3/4" shells so you cant use 3" magnum rounds, lessening the ability to use found ammo. That being said 2 3/4 are most common especially in the T2K period. Also doesn/t have many accesories which is not something I really see as a drawback. As I like keep it simple but then again if anything I am pretty old fashioned.

If I was toting an model 37 it would probably be the 20 riot model, with a nylon M14 sling. If I could I would aquire #4 buckshott which contains 28 pellets of .24 caliber diameter. If I couldn't aquire that 00 or 000 buckshot.

(as for saiga 12 importation to the US I had one imported in 2000 but I don't think this shotgun would exsist in t2K)