This designation was used on all 3rd Model from 1914-1941. The 3rd Model will have the patent date of 'NOV.17,08' stamped on the barrel rib. This Model was manufactured to use "SMOKELESS POWDER". The 3rd Model has a 'double' top post barrel latch, but instead of a leaf spring hammer spring, it has a coil(or wire)hammer spring. These include a 'single' top post barrel latch on the 1st Model.It is strictly "BLACK POWDER ONLY".The 2nd Model has a 'double' top post barrel latch.It, too, is a "BLACK POWDER ONLY" revolver.The 1st and 2nd Model's have a single leaf hammer spring. There are some simple ways to find the year of your firearm. You have an IVER JOHNSON "Safety Automatic".The number you have given me(239?) is not a serial number. It is information I copied off the web years ago. It is very accurate and the cylinder has the same "engraving" as your's. We adjusted the Firing Line and went back to shooting. It was a 'shaver'!!! After a couple of revolver shots above me, I let out a howl and began digging hot lead out of a couple of superficial wounds in my left lower leg. 22 rifle, in the sitting position clad in 'Bermuda Shorts', my Scout Master began shooting his revolver next to me. I learned about cylinder timing that day! IIRC - It was the first hand-gun I ever shot. All the Scouts were given a chance to shoot it. Our Scout Master had brought his Nickel Plated 'hammerless' Iver-Johnson (.38 S&W cal.) revolver. There was an earth embankment that made a good backstop that we were able to use for a range. We went on a Scout outing to a farm one summer day. When I was a Boy Scout, my Detroit Troop had a Rifle Team. a lot, marveling at the top-break latch and the function of the ejector. He gave it back to me to use as a 'toy gun' (times were different then)! I studied that I.J. My Dad fashioned some pine grips and fitted a 'Chicago-screw' to serve as an axis-screw. The lock-work, grips and trigger-guard assembly were all stripped off of it. 'hammerless' frame, cylinder, and barrel assembly, that he had found in 'The Bush'. When I was about nine years old, a cousin in Northern Michigan gave me a. 'kiernyc' - That's a nice looking Iver Johnson 'Top-break'. The design really is superior to Harrington and Richardson's and arguably the S&W top breaks as well. The mainspring is also adjustable but it is a real pain in the behind to do so.I had enough trouble getting it back in to where it was originally when I was assembling it after cleaning. The third model also does not use any flat springs, instead all coil and wire springs. As far as I can tell they were the first to patent a transfer bar system, and a trigger safety mechanism (although that was dropped and not employed on the third model). The Iver Johnson revolver really appeals to me because as much as people like to pooh-pooh them, they are quite innovative. Action locks up well and timing seems solid in double and single action. This one seems to be in pretty good shape, perhaps a little more worn than I would have liked but it should work fine. I have been looking for an Iver Johnson to complement my Harrington and Richardson top break for awhile but I had a lot of criteria to meet (blued, hammer model, third model for smokeless) so it took some time to find the right one. This one is the hammer model in 38 S&W, made for smokeless powder cartridges. I just got this "new to me" Iver Johnson Third Model revolver.
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