Iver johnson 32 s
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We had only seen pictures of these in books and never on an actual Iver Johnson and knew they were on the rare side. What caught our eye on this one was the set of New Model Target Grips installed. The $18 revolver was fixed with a little elbow grease and a $35 set of grips meaning we have $53 invested in this revolver and could easily sell it for 2 to 3 times that amount. They supply several screw lengths, but we still had to cut one of the screws by 2mm to fit. The replacement grips came from NC Ordnance and cost $35 shipped. We remedied this with a metal file to bring the pin back into shape. The replacement grip on this example had been carved out of a piece of wood and was honestly a reasonably good fit.Īfter thoroughly cleaning the glue from the frame we saw that the grip retaining pin on the right-hand side was flared and would not let the grip fit properly. Then we noticed that the grip screw through the grip was stacked with a bunch of steel and copper washers. A little prying with a screwdriver and tapping with a plastic hammer seemed to remedy this. After removing the grip screw, we noticed that the panel would not come off. The grip was glued or epoxied to the frame. That’s what we thought going into this, but the Bubba who repaired this one made the task not so simple. We wanted to restore it and by now you are probably thinking, “Big deal, you replaced a grip panel”. Old Iver Johnson Shotgun & Revolvers – Turning Trash Into Treasure The replacement grip on this example had been carved out of a piece of wood and was honestly a reasonably good fit. The plastic grips were notorious for cracking due to over tightening of the screw or simply banging into things while being carried. Ours is an early model as it uses a flat mainspring as opposed to a coil spring.Īs is common with a lot of top break revolvers, the right grip had been replaced. The revolver we purchased was made in the hammer less configuration in 38 S&W with a 3 1/4″ barrel. These little revolvers were built primarily for the export model and mail order sales as opposed to being found for sale in the typical gun shop, hardware store or department store that carried Iver Johnson’s “name brand” revolvers and they never appeared in company catalogs. Quality is the same as Iver Johnson revolvers of the same period. The grips were marked “US” instead of bearing the distinctive “ Owl’s head” logo.
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Revolver model was that they lacked the “Hammer the Hammer” action of the regular line and the hammerless version did not have the safety on the trigger. The main difference between an Iver Johnson model and a U.S. These revolvers used were built with over run parts made for the Iver Johnson Safety Hammer Automatic, Second Model, which was replaced by the Safety Hammer Automatic, Third Model around 1909. Revolver Company was a subsidiary of Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works. In case you are not familiar with the name, U.S.