![]() ![]() there is a story told and published in comapny litertature about recieving a letter sent from France in the 1920's address only to "Hammer the Hammer" in the U.S.A.Īnother factor in thier lack of popularity has to be that 60% of the safety automatic revolvers manufactured were of the first and second models which were manufactured for black powder cartridge pressures only. They did have a very good reputation before wwII. no lure of the old west as the colt or winchester have because of movies and tv and probably not as good press agents as S&W had. Why they are not more popular probably has several different reasons. NAVY had purchased 1500 third model safety automatic hammer revolver in the 1911 era and issued them to NAVY TUGBOATS, these were turned over to the OSS in 1942/43 era. the British and Dutch purchased all they could get in 1940/41 and the U.S. some iver johnson handguns were purchased by the U.S., Dutch and British governments but all of them were from civilian inventory. they were selling every thing they could make to the civilian market. To the best of my knowledge iver johnson never competed for a government contract. after wwII the iver johnson family seem to have lost interest in the firearms company they had owned since 1871 and by the time iver johnson's grandson passed away in about 1975 the company was sold to outside interests. the transfer bar ignition system used on 99% of the revolvers today was patented by iver johnson in 1896 and used on all the safety automatic revolvers. the quality of their firearms was of the best while finish may not have been as good as colt or S&W. all were manufactured for the civilian market and were quality firearms but were manufactured for the mass market. If you discount government contracts iver johnson manufactured more handguns than colt and smith & wesson between 18. i only have one in my collection with the standard barrel length of 3.25 inches.Īll third model safety automatic revolvers were chambered for smokeless powder cartridges and if in shootable condition should not have any problems with modern factory standard velocity ammo. these 6 shot 32 S&W long revolvers are most often seen with 4 or 5 inch barrels and oversize wood grips (called 'western walnut'). however their value is the same as the 38S&W model which in average shootable condition 75-80% abot $100 to $125. The large frame third model in 32 S&W Long was called the 32 Special in the iver johnson catalogs and was not all that popular as they are not seen often. Hammerless version serial number D83588 was manufactured in 1922 there were two letter codes use on the large frame third model hammer version and one on the hammerless version.ġ909-1917=C serial number C83588 manufactured in 1915ġ918-1941=H serial number H83588 manufactured in 1929 this is the location where any letter code prefix will be found. the main serial number lacation is on the left side of the grip strap (remove the grips to see). the single patent date 11-07-08 was used on the large frame after 1914. The large frame 6 shot 32 S&W Long was manufactured only in the third model (1909-1941).
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