![]() ![]() It is very accurate and the cylinder has the same "engraving" as your's. We adjusted the Firing Line and went back to shooting. It was a 'shaver'!!! After a couple of revolver shots above me, I let out a howl and began digging hot lead out of a couple of superficial wounds in my left lower leg. 22 rifle, in the sitting position clad in 'Bermuda Shorts', my Scout Master began shooting his revolver next to me. I learned about cylinder timing that day! IIRC - It was the first hand-gun I ever shot. All the Scouts were given a chance to shoot it. Our Scout Master had brought his Nickel Plated 'hammerless' Iver-Johnson (.38 S&W cal.) revolver. There was an earth embankment that made a good backstop that we were able to use for a range. We went on a Scout outing to a farm one summer day. When I was a Boy Scout, my Detroit Troop had a Rifle Team. a lot, marveling at the top-break latch and the function of the ejector. He gave it back to me to use as a 'toy gun' (times were different then)! I studied that I.J. My Dad fashioned some pine grips and fitted a 'Chicago-screw' to serve as an axis-screw. The lock-work, grips and trigger-guard assembly were all stripped off of it. 'hammerless' frame, cylinder, and barrel assembly, that he had found in 'The Bush'. When I was about nine years old, a cousin in Northern Michigan gave me a. 'kiernyc' - That's a nice looking Iver Johnson 'Top-break'. The design really is superior to Harrington and Richardson's and arguably the S&W top breaks as well. The mainspring is also adjustable but it is a real pain in the behind to do so.I had enough trouble getting it back in to where it was originally when I was assembling it after cleaning. The third model also does not use any flat springs, instead all coil and wire springs. ![]() As far as I can tell they were the first to patent a transfer bar system, and a trigger safety mechanism (although that was dropped and not employed on the third model). The Iver Johnson revolver really appeals to me because as much as people like to pooh-pooh them, they are quite innovative. Action locks up well and timing seems solid in double and single action. This one seems to be in pretty good shape, perhaps a little more worn than I would have liked but it should work fine. I have been looking for an Iver Johnson to complement my Harrington and Richardson top break for awhile but I had a lot of criteria to meet (blued, hammer model, third model for smokeless) so it took some time to find the right one. This one is the hammer model in 38 S&W, made for smokeless powder cartridges. I just got this "new to me" Iver Johnson Third Model revolver.
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