Calling All Gun Nuts – Please Help Identify This Antique Pistol.

Jaysun (vanity) | 12/23/2004 | Jaysun

[Jaysun]

Here’s one just for fun. This is a “Stevens Pocket Rifle” circa 1890. It’s a .22 caliber single shot breach load.

[Jaysun]

Here's the gun I was asking about guys. Thanks.

[Jaysun]

Ooops. I just read over my post and it's a bit unclear. My uncle found the gun in the 1950's.

[neverdem]

Next time put it on the banglist. It will get attention more promptly. It's already done. Good luck and let me know if you find out who made it. I'll guess it's a Harrington and Richardson. Merry Christmas!

[ExSoldier]

I could be wrong, but I don't think the grips that are on this firearm are the ones with which it was originally outfitted. They look too modern and don't seem to be as closely fitted as what should have been factory issue. IMHO.

[hiredhand]

Wow...interesting find. :-) I was a gun dealer back in the early 90's and the Gun Parts Corp used to be a great help in identifying things like this. They're still in business. I just checked their WWW site at -

http://www.e-gunparts.com

You might want to give them a call. I hope you find out what the revolver is though! :-)

[hiredhand]

Funny you should mention...this old revolver cries out for a pair of "birds head" grips, doesn't it though?!

[Jaysun]

Next time put it on the banglist. It will get attention more promptly. It's already done. Good luck and let me know if you find out who made it. I'll guess it's a Harrington and Richardson. Merry Christmas!

Very interesting, I've not considered Harrington and Richardson as a possibility. Merry Christmas to you too, and May God Bless You and Yours!

[Jaysun]

I could be wrong, but I don't think the grips that are on this firearm are the ones with which it was originally outfitted. They look too modern and don't seem to be as closely fitted as what should have been factory issue. IMHO.

I thought about that too. The thing is that the grips are numbered and match the other numbers on the gun.

[Jaysun]

Oh, one more thing, they're more closely fitted than they appear. I didn't tighten them up adequately when I put them back on, and the space at the top comes as a result of a chip in the wood.

[Travis McGee]

BANG!

[Squantos]

It's an Iver Johnson........1946-1956 mfg range I believe.

http://www2.arkansas.net/~sws1/ij-pix.htm

Scroll down a ways and it matches up pretty well....may be a H&R clone but I'm away from home right now so dont have access to my libary which I have pics of it.

[Squantos]

[enigma825]

Except for the grips, this looks like my H&R Trapper Model

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[wardaddy]

good call...I agree.

[Squantos]

Just a SWAG on my part bein uneducated an all in such matters........:o)

BTW ...Blessings to you and your family this Christmas Holiday friend !

Stay safe !

[Swordmaker]

First of all, as a one time Colt Collector, it is NOT a Colt.

It MAY be a Harrington and Richardson, but I don't think so. H&Rs were mostly top-break. I think it might be a variation of an Iver Johnson .22 target pistol. I vaguely recall a revolver that looked like this that was sold by Sears and Roebuck around the turn of the 20th Century; they were made by Iver Johnson... and here is a sample of an Iver Johnson .22.

[Swordmaker]

Note the matching diamond checkering on both guns...

[Jaysun]

I have an Iver Johnson 22 "Supershot" that bares some slight resemblance, but the IJ pistols that I've seen are considerably larger than my pistol. The picture that you provided is very close, but there's a few differences. First, the frame on mine is curved at the pistol guard whereas the IJ is more squared off. The frame in your picture also extends further from the tip of the trigger guard than mine does. Second, the cylinder in mine is smooth and shorter. Lastly, the hammer spring in the grip is much different than the ones that I've seen in IJ pistols. This one more closely resembles the springs (a single piece of metal) found in older Colts.