Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this amazing top-break revolver today for a penny-start auction, this is the Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works Safety Automatic!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works
Model: Safety Automatic
Serial: 34576
Caliber: .32 S&W
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 6"
Optics/Sights: Fixed Blade Front with Fixed Notch Rear
Stock/Grips: Black Plastic Grips with Checkering
Action: Top Break / Double Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The history of Iver Johnson and their many revolvers could be the subject of a college dissertation. Suffice it to say, the company Iver Johnson rose to prominence making bicycles as well as firearms. Their weapons were expressly meant to fulfill the need of concealed protection in an era of high crime in America’s big cities during a time before concealed carry permits. Developed in 1894, the Safety Automatic is not an automatic revolver. The word “automatic” refers to the safety mechanism. Imagine that.
That safety mechanism was a transfer bar system that kept the hammer from striking the frame-mounted firing pin unless the trigger was pulled. This was one of the first systems of its kind and Iver Johnson’s marketing campaign took to it, billing it as a safer gun that could not be accidentally discharged. This is the modern standard in revolver safety—but Iver Johnson was doing it over 100 years ago. A hammerless version of this handgun was offered and one model even included a trigger safety — much like the one Gaston Glock eventually used many years later.
Aesthetically, the guns are all steel with some being finished in blue and others in nickel. The diminutive grips on these guns are either wood or plastic and all feature some mild checkering along with the owl-head stamp that was Iver Johnson’s trademark at the time. The Safety Automatic was available in a small frame that chambered the 32 S&W or a larger frame utilizing the larger 38 S&W round. Neither cartridge was especially powerful, but they were short enough to eject easily and weak enough to be used in a top-break revolver, which relies on a small hinge to hold everything together when firing. Well over one million of these guns were produced until production ended in 1941 with the onset of World War II.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: Safety Automatic
Serial: 34576
Caliber: .32 S&W
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 6"
Optics/Sights: Fixed Blade Front with Fixed Notch Rear
Stock/Grips: Black Plastic Grips with Checkering
Action: Top Break / Double Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The history of Iver Johnson and their many revolvers could be the subject of a college dissertation. Suffice it to say, the company Iver Johnson rose to prominence making bicycles as well as firearms. Their weapons were expressly meant to fulfill the need of concealed protection in an era of high crime in America’s big cities during a time before concealed carry permits. Developed in 1894, the Safety Automatic is not an automatic revolver. The word “automatic” refers to the safety mechanism. Imagine that.
That safety mechanism was a transfer bar system that kept the hammer from striking the frame-mounted firing pin unless the trigger was pulled. This was one of the first systems of its kind and Iver Johnson’s marketing campaign took to it, billing it as a safer gun that could not be accidentally discharged. This is the modern standard in revolver safety—but Iver Johnson was doing it over 100 years ago. A hammerless version of this handgun was offered and one model even included a trigger safety — much like the one Gaston Glock eventually used many years later.
Aesthetically, the guns are all steel with some being finished in blue and others in nickel. The diminutive grips on these guns are either wood or plastic and all feature some mild checkering along with the owl-head stamp that was Iver Johnson’s trademark at the time. The Safety Automatic was available in a small frame that chambered the 32 S&W or a larger frame utilizing the larger 38 S&W round. Neither cartridge was especially powerful, but they were short enough to eject easily and weak enough to be used in a top-break revolver, which relies on a small hinge to hold everything together when firing. Well over one million of these guns were produced until production ended in 1941 with the onset of World War II.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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