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Old August 8, 2001, 06:18 PM   #1
C.R.Sam
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I J Safety Hammerless Mfg Date ? Please?

Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless

I know they were made from 1895 til 1950 but would like to pin this one down a bit closer for a friend who is trying to sort out some limbs on her family tree.

Tis in .32 S&W. 3" bbl. Ser # 16,0xx. Nickle. Owl on grps.

Any help on dating would be appreciated.

Sam.....no, I didn't buy it new.

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Old August 9, 2001, 01:56 PM   #2
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Sorry, Sam, but I don't think there is any way under the sun to pin down a manufacturing date. I'm pretty certain that the records that IJ did keep, which were spotty at best, are long gone.
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Old August 9, 2001, 04:17 PM   #3
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Thanx Mike. I did find a site (actually Beemerb found it) with a lot of Iver Johnson info, link below and links off of that one. Gent with the site specifically states emails will not be answered.. so close,

http://www2.arkansas.net/~sws1/ij-antiq.htm

Been worth it tho......found yet another swing out revolver that the cylinder swings to the RIGHT.

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Old August 9, 2001, 08:35 PM   #4
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French? Their 1892 Ordnance revolver swings to the right.

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Old August 10, 2001, 12:16 AM   #5
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Goodonya Jim. I knew bout the French and was suprised by the Ivy J swing to the right model, also in the 19th century.

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