Help identifying old Iver Johnson

[hutch2023]

Looking for some info on iver Johnson revolver serial # b13388 5 shot believe 32. Does anyone know manufacture date and is this a 32 sw or 32 acp? Or blackpowder? Thanks for any help.

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[orygun]

Nice little revolver.
I'd be much more inclined to believe it was 32S&W.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Not a black powder revolver as in a cap and ball or muzzle loader.
However...it may be of pre-smokeless powder era.
.32 S&W is the likely caliber.
It might be a Model 1900...please note that this is a guess.
Andy

 

[CountryGent]

Nice little revolver.
I'd be much more inclined to believe it was 32S&W.

Agreed. I've never seen one in .32 ACP, but a gazillion in .32 S&W. The latter cartridge is, the last I checked, still factory loaded and available.

 

[Mikej]

Any one have the year made on that? That is one attractive little revolver! Very neat grips!

 

[CountryGent]

A reference work that covers these revolvers is Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1871—1993, by W. E. Bill Goforth (2006, Gun Show Books Publishing), should anyone be interested.

 

[WTTallant]

I have an iver Johnson 32 caliber serial number P60581. What year is it?

 

[DunRanull]

Looking for some info on iver Johnson revolver serial # b13388 5 shot believe 32. Does anyone know manufacture date and is this a 32 sw or 32 acp? Or blackpowder? Thanks for any help.

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Cool, but... how does one load the dem thing?

 

[billdeserthills]

Cool, but... how does one load the dem thing?

The right side of the gun has a cut-out for a bullet to slide into the cylinder

 

[DunRanull]

The right side of the gun has a cut-out for a bullet to slide into the cylinder

No "gate" to keep the cartridges from falling out? Can't see one...

 

[po18guy]

Those are almost exclusively .32 S&W, a fine, accurate cartridge. Actually 2X as powerful as 22LR, but that is a different way of looking at it. AFAIK, ammo is still available. .32 ACP (semi-rimmed) should not chamber and is a really bad idea if it will - as it runs at 20,500 PSI rather than 12,000 as the S&W.
Some of those old revolvers you unscrew the cylinder pin and use it to pop the empties out. Looks like yours has a loading gate. The collectors at the colt Forum have a lot of info on these, as some of them collect old H&R and IJ revolvers.

 

[hutch2023]

Thank you everyone for all the help.