iver johnson 22 caliber top break revolver

#Iver johnson 22 caliber top break revolver serial number

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 the over size hard rubber were a factory option, the catalogs called them 'Perfect Grips' the catalogs also listed the 22 rimfire model as being chambered for 22 short or long only.

#Iver johnson 22 caliber top break revolver serial number

Third model 22 rimfire safety automatic hammer revolver serial number E32818 was manufactured in 1925, there were 1,400 of this model manufactured that year. I only paid $100 for this gun along with the holster that came with it pictured below. I would like to hear from the expert b.goforth about when this gun was made and any other information about it. Rifling is strong in the barrel! I have already shot this gun myself and it is fine, no problems. The bore and chambers are perfect, no rust or pitting. Cylinder lock-up has a little play in it but that is normal on a gun this old. Top-latch is fairly tight, very little play. There is much wear on the bluing of the barrel, few minor scratches and some light rust freckling. This is a used gun but not an abused one. The serial number for this gun is E32818 and all the numbers match. The only markings on the gun, besides the serial numbers, is what is on the top of the barrel which reads: The grips that are on this gun are Iver Johnson's two-piece black hard-rubber extension grips. It is a 7-shot revolver w/auto extractor, blued finish and a 6' barrel, which is usually scarce, sometimes rare, on older guns. 45 Schofield cartridge).įor a leather rig I decided on a cross draw holster from the parent company of Cimarron.named Texas Jack in Fredericksburg, Texas.Here is another find that I made at a gun show in Ohio. (.45 Colt chambered Cimarron Schofields also handle the. 45 Colt, or the cavalry length 7-inch barrel in. In the 1880s, New York gun dealer Schuyler, Hartley Graham bought surplus Schofields, cut the barrels from 7 to 5 inches, and sold many of them to Wells Fargo & Company. Another roughly 1,000 guns were sold on the civilian market.įavored by many horse soldiers for its top-break, rapid ejection system, many considered it superior to the 1873 Colt Single Action for mounted work. Marshal Bill Tilghman and Custer's chief of scouts 'Lonesome Charley' Reynolds. Schofields were also put to work by the notorious James-Younger gang, U.S. 45 Schofield cartridge and many saw service by the 4th Cavalry in the Geronimo campaign and by the buffalo soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

Army ordered nearly 8,000 in the proprietary. 3 Schofield was produced by S&W from 1875-1877, the U.S. Schofield of the 10th Cavalry and an army ordinance officer, designed this revolver as an improvement over Smith & Wesson's Model No.