Iver johnson top break s serial number3/17/2024 Main serial number location on left side of grip frame grips must be removed to see. 38 centerfire with 3 ¼ inch barrel 18 ¼ inches Height: small frame 3 ¾ inches, large frame 3 7/8 inches Frame length: small frame 4 3/16 inches, large frame 5 inches Overall length: small frame with 3 inch barrel 6 3/8 inches, large frame with 3 ¼ inch barrel 7 3/8 inches. 32 centerfire with 3 inch barrel 13 ½ ounces, large frame with 3 ¼ inch barrel. 38 centerfire with 5 rounds cylinder capacity Weight: small frame. 32 Special centerfire with 6 rounds cylinder capacity. 32 centerfire 5 rounds cylinder capacity, large frame. Two frame sizes, four calibers, Standard barrel length: small frame 3 inches, large frame 3 ¼ inches. All coil springs, hard rubber grip panels with Owls head at top, optional oversize grips of hard rubber or wood were offered. This model redesigned to be strong enough for smokeless powder. LARGE FRAME AND SMALL FRAME VERSIONS USES HAMMER THE HAMMER ACTION: Double top post barrel latch with Hammer the Hammer action. THIRD MODEL SAFETY AUTOMATIC HAMMER REVOLVER this is the lowest special order serial number i have seen with this grip. my best guess as to the manufacture date would between 19. it is unusual to see a short barrel revolver with this grip. this was the 582nd large frame ordered with this grip. you have a third model with the special order one piece over sized "western walnut" grips. The actual manufacture dates of the third model were 1909 thru 1941. On the right side of the frame at the bottom under the grip is a “1” There is no letter code in front of the serial number on frame or trigger guard Serial number under grip on left side of frame is 582 Serial number on bottom of trigger guard is 582 Western style single piece walnut wood grip There are no paten dates under the butt strapĥ-Shot with simultaneous ejection of spent cartridges On top of barrel: “Iver Johnson Cycle Works – Fitchburgh, Mass USA” I have old photographs of each of them dressed up as cowboy’s carrying this gun in a holster. They made it as far as Arizona, where they obtained this gun. Their plan was to travel until half their money ran out, and then head home. They left from Marion, Ohio in 1919 or 1920 hitching rides on freight trains. When my grandfather was about seventeen or eighteen years old, he and his younger brother set of on a trip to the west. This revolver has been in my position for the past fifteen years, and it originally belonged to my grandfather. Although there is some ware, I feel this gun is in too nice of condition to have simply worn away. There is nothing on the barrel, on the sight, nothing on the butt strap, and nothing on the frame. I have gone over every single surface of this gun numerous times with a strong magnifying glass. There are absolutely no paten dates any where on this gun, and there is absolutely no letter code in front of the s/n on this gun. The gun has a lot of sentimental value, and I was wondering if the date of manufacture could be narrowed down a little closer? My research on this forum tells me that I have a third model Iver Johnson 38 made between 19. I hope it's Ok to start a new theread on this.
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