Iver johnson top break revolver safety hammerless

Iver johnson top break revolver safety hammerless serial numbers#
Iver johnson top break revolver safety hammerless series#

You can never pay too much, just buy it too soon at that price. The price of guns varies so much, it is hard to determine a good price. 357 bullets to fill the rifling (obturate) and were great performers on Raccoons, groundhogs, rats and other 'Pests!' The soft lead and slow velocity allowed the. I have loaded pure lead wadcutter bullets to the standard RN overall length. With proper diameter bullets (.361') the 38 S&W is a very accurate round, even out of short barrels with pits. Another good location for a 'Glove Gun' is on the tool tray, who notices a work glove? This rode on the seat or dash during late night service call (before we had CCW). You could just pick up the glove and all and pull the trigger through the glove. My best friend taught me to carry a short barreled (3' or less) in a loose cotton work glove with the barrel down the index finger. Their hammerless do not have the 'Lemon Squeezer' grip safety, and are far more affordable than the 1896 S&W's! I have both the hammer and hammerless models.

It's broad and because some folks see them 'ALL' as junk? I've made a killing over the years.So, keep labeling them junk 'Please'. The model 1 bicycle guns (see photo) are (worth a lot) now and are very collectable. These are all pre-1899 models and collectors pay a lot for them if functioning and in nice shape. Any model 1 in 32 or 38 caliber is (Worth a lot). Then there is the 'Swift' model (Worth a lot) and the early hammerless 38 with bulldog grips (Worth a lot). The model 1 has a side latch on the barrel catch. Early patent stamps are proof positive of Antique production. (See photo)Дўnd, look at the barrel address. If the owls head is straight? It's modern. the Owl head must be slanted to the side to be 'possibly' in the Antique Range. To begin with, You have to be able to identify or differentiate between an 'Antique' and 'Modern' example. So there are 'many' antique & modern collectables manufactured by that company of early or late.

Iver johnson top break revolver safety hammerless series#

Iver Johnson/Johnson & Bye opened their business with the 1873 patented early Defender/Tycoon/Favorite series spur trigger revolvers. You have to know what you are looking at just like with any other Antique/Modern firearm. 32 S&W long version made on that frame size, I'd have been out the door with it at that price. (Nickel was standard) Assuming it is mechanically sound, I'd likely go 175 bucks. That is a Third Model, proofed for smokeless, coil springs, and in the less common for I-J, blue finish.

Iver johnson top break revolver safety hammerless serial numbers#

It is positive in action in both directions and the source of the S in serial numbers at the time. After a fatal accident aboard a Navy ship the current style hammer block was added in 1944.

Rust or congealed grease could prevent it from functioning correctly. Smith started installing a hammer block in 1914 that depended on spring action to move into the blocking position. I-J was selling 'drop safe' revolvers decades ahead of any comparable innovation by the competition.Д¬olt did not introduce their internal hammer block safety until 1907 with the Police and Pocket Positives. Iver Johnson's 'Hammer-the-Hammer' transfer bar safety system was introduced in 1893.