![]() Would the serial number off the gun be helpful? I would like to know exactly what model I have. There is another name I found called NEW MODEL AUTOMATIC SHELL EXTRACTING DOUBLE ACTION but I'm not sure or either of these names. If you’ve got a habit of poking around at gun shows or shops and you ever chance upon an old hinged-framed, break-top revolver under the glass, take a moment to look at the grips. Just obtained a Iver Johnson 32 open break hammered revolver for free when I bought a 1981 Colt Diamondback 38 SPL at a pawn shop. Any thoughts? From what research I have found I think this model revolver I have is called the PERFECTION AUTOMATIC but I could be wrong. By pistoleropete, 5 years ago on Iver Johnson. It's a perfect file mark cut intentionally for whatever reason. The unique mark I mentioned on it is on the bottom of the grip frame (see pictures).not on the back strap. It has a frame mounted firing pin which it free has a pin going through the frame hold the firing pin inside, double action or single action, wide hammer on top (bobbed hammer I'm guessing) black grips with the F&W logo and shield with stars in it and a big star in the center of the grips where the grip screw goes through. On the top of the barrel it's marked: FOREHAND & WADSWORTH ARMS CO. Anyway, this one is most interesting to me since it has a unique mark on it which I will probably never know how or why it got there. Since I never shot any of those guns she gave me, I only cleaned them when i got them and wrapped them up and put them away. The years following the American Civil War saw the rise of host of companies that produced small, inexpensive metallic cartridge handguns. manufacturers of small, inexpensive handguns. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this firm was one of the most prolific U.S. The only differences between the Iver Johnson regular line of revolvers and the U.S. I was organizing my safe the other day and decided to take it out for the first time since last year to clean it thoroughly along with the other guns she had given to me. Iver Johnson Arms was founded in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1883. Haven't shot it but I had it out last year to look at for the first time since I acquired it. The top of the barrel has 4 patent dates, Apr, Feb, May, and Aug. It is blued with a 5' barrel and the owls looking towards the trigger. G34-307 under the grip with flat trigger spring. It's a Forehand and Wadsworth top break 32 S&W revolver 6 shot. I recently inherited an Iver Johnson pistol and have been trying to identify the version and build date. LARGE & SMALL FRAME VERSIONS USES THE FAMOUS HAMMER THE HAMMER ACTION This is the first revolver marked Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works, some very early model were marked Iver Johnson & Co. I have had this gun since 1988 when it was given to me by my mother in law.
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