The battery is dead in my digital caliper, so I have not yet verified this, but I manually got under. Take the barrel loose before using solvents to avoid damage to the wood finish. But after a good scrubbing with a brass brush, especially in the chamber and forcing cone, i swabbed out a lot of dark brown residue, and the bore looked like a mirror. The bore of the Champion model i bought at auction this month looked nice and shiny after only a swabbing with a brake cleaner. If really 2.5 inches, I suppose I would refer to a hand loading manual, or search Google for reliable info. I would have a competent gunsmith verify the capacity of your chamber whether 2.5 or 2.75-inch, and if 2.75, use only light field loads.
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Is it possible to have a post-1909 “I” serial # smokeless model 3, with both a free-spinning cylinder and single latch top-break? Thanks for any insight you might have!ġ920 – 1929: Arabic numerals plus a single alphabetic letter suffixedġ930 – 1939: Arabic numerals plus two alphabetic letters suffixedġ940 – 1957: all alphabetic characters only using “Fitchburg” and ” X” corresponding to 1 through zero. Wikipedia says version 3 post-1909 smokeless have double-latch top breaks – Mine is single latch.Īnother “Expert” says versions 1 & 2 (black powder) have “Patent Pending dates” stamped on top of the barrel rib underneath the “Iver Johnsons Arms & Cycle Works.” – Mine says “Iver Johnsons Arms & Cycle Works on top, and “Fitchburgh Mass, USA” under it, but no “Patent Pending” stamps.
One Internet “expert” says that any serial # starting with the letter “G” or higher is version 3 post-1909 smokeless, but will never have a free-spinning cylinder – Mine is higher than G but spins freely. I’m trying to see if its safe to fire smokeless cartridges, but have found conflicting info everywhere I look. Serial #: I “eye” 45320 (stamped on the frame under the left grip, owls facing in, and on the inside of the trigger gaurd) 32 safety top-break revolver might have been made maybe one of you can help? I came across this message thread while searching for approx when my IJ.