It is a single post latch with a safety trigger. Many 19th century handguns made by Iver Johnson and its predecessor Johnson and Bye are difficult to identify due to the lack of a maker’s name on the gun. I have an Iver Johnson 32 Top Break Safety hammerless Model 1, S/N 50226 on the butt of the handle. Iver Johnson continued arms production until it was liquidated in 1993. This Classic Iver Johnson is a 32 s&w top break revolver 6shots Double action Nickel finish a bit beat up Action works extractor manually works missing spring tension however Grips real nice wood this is the bigger frame of these old plinkers ammo is available fun shooter No Reserve opening bid 79. Its best-known marketing slogan, "Hammer the hammer," referred to a hammer-block safety and frame-mounted firing pin that prevented a revolver from firing accidentally if dropped on the hammer spur, introduced in 1904 on the popular Safety Automatic double-action revolver line.
This is a 1st model, 1st variation, Made 1895 the 2nd year of production, Only three years of production for this model. Iver Johnson top-break hammerless revolver serialIver Johnson top-break hammerless revolver serial 4769, manufactured early 20th century (pat. Auto ejecting, single top post barrel latch, 3 barrel, nickel finish with blued trigger guard. Beginning in 1963, prefixes were G letter until its discontinuance in.
From its B20000 range serial number, it was manufactured in 1961 or 1962. Manufacturer was Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works of Fitchburg, MA. During that time, beginning in 1890, the Iver Johnson owl's head logo appeared on the grips of most of its revolvers. Item details: Small frame Top Break hammerless safety automatic revolver. Description: From a New England collection comes this serviceable Iver Johnson Revolver, model 55SA, chambered in. US Revolver Hammerless 38 S&W Iver Johnson Safety Hammer Automatic, Third Model 38 S&W Iver Johnson Champion. 38 S&W calibers, serving the same sizable market niche as Hopkins & Allen and Harrington & Richardson in the late-19th through mid-20th centuries. In 1894, the firm became "Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works." It is perhaps best known as a major manufacturer of inexpensive but serviceable pocket-size revolvers in. Company has produced a wide variety of firearms during its existence. (Complete disassembly and assembly of the Iver Johnson Safety Automatic 32 caliber hammerless top break revolver, by expert Armorer Jim Humphrey and Imminent. Established in 1883 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.