1896 model 1 iver johnson 32 s&w cartridge

In 1879 Iver Johnson produced a double action revolver with a swing out cylinder in 38 S&W caliber. Another line was bulldog type solid frame double action revolvers made in 22, 32 38 rimfire and 44 Webley and 44 Bulldog center fire. None bore the name Iver Johnson, in calibers 22, 32w, 38 and 41 rimfire. Then came a line of spur trigger revolvers.

Small single shot 22 caliber derringver type pistols such as the Eclipse were also produced. The first product of the company was a 30 caliber single shot percussion pistol, the Hero. Iver Johnson died of tuberculosis in 1895 and his sons ran the company thereafter. The company was later renamed Iver Johnson and Company, and then Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works. In 1871 a Norwegian immigrant, named Iver Johnson, along with another former employee of the Allen & Wheelock Company, Martin Bye, formed Johnson and Bye, Gunsmiths. Mods, if this takes up too much bandwidth (8 posts, with pix), please feel free to delete. Hopefully this brief survey will help answer some of them. Occasionally there are questions about Iver Johnson handguns on the forum.

1896 model 1 iver johnson 32 s&w cartridge