My guess it was the historical equivalent of a Saturday night special. Smith & Wesson produced a lot of top-break revolvers, as did Iver Johnson. 32 caliber chambering that's HIGHLY unlikely to be found in some idiot's pocket but, just to be sure, I ruined the gun by filing the firing pin down enough that it won't extend through the breechface. 32 Iver Johnson Top-Break which eventually came to me. I have blue guns, airsofts, blank-firing replicas, and this thing. Consequently, I don't have any functional firearms in my box of class props. Having seen it happen, I am paranoid about some yahoo coming to a class with a live round in his pocket and trying it out on any demo guns in the classroom. the cylinder length of these revolvers is to short for the 32 S&W Long and only revolvers specifically chambered for the 32 H&R Magnum should be used for that cartridge. 38 S&W were not for sporting or hunting purposes primarily, although sport was to be hadif funds allowedshooting at cans, bottles, or marks on a tree. b.goforth said: second model small frame 32 center fire iver johnson safety automatic revolvers were only chambered for one cartridge '32 S&W'. But it does what I want it to do - open and close. To the old-time farmer or tradesman of the break-top revolver era, a gun was a necessary tool with a specific purpose unlike any other. Iver Johnson Top Break 32 SW 6-Shot Stainless Used Trade-in Revolver. It was once plated, but probably 75% of the plating has flaked off and it looks really ugly. I may once have known what make mine is, but I have long since forgotten. NRA Museums: Iver Johnson Top Break Revolver Iver Johnson Arms was founded in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1883. I told the guy who owns it that it was a wall hanger.Ī number of years ago I bought something similar, very cheaply, for the sole purpose of having a top-break revolver to show students in my NRA Basic Pistol classes what a top-break revolver is and how they work.

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