![]() It is in pretty good condition considering its age, although I have no intention of trying to fire it. 32 S&W 5 Shot Revolver Kit Iver Johnson Top-Break Revolver Parts 42 Iver Johnson TP-22 Parts 1 Iver Johnson Trailsman TM22PB Parts 20 Products. Mine wears serial number 33946 so mine was made much earlier in the year than Czolgosz’s. Czolgosz had purchased the revolver, serial number 463344, four days earlier for $4.50. McKinley succumbed to these wounds nearly 8 days later, on September 14th, 1901. 32 is that it was this pistol that assassin and self-proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz used to shoot and wound President William McKinley in Buffalo, New York on September 6, 1901. The most notable history of this first model Iver Johnson. Some can be found that have been re-plated, but for collectors value, just leave the rust on there. These early revolvers were nickel plated and therefore almost all that can be found now, 120 years later, will have corrosion on the nickel plating. These are small, pocket sized revolvers that have a break-open top which reveals the 5-shot cylinder. This also helps to date the pistol as early models have the owl’s head facing towards the pistol, while in later models the owl’s head is facing downward. They are sometimes referred to as the Iver Johnson Owl’s Head because of the owl’s head on the grip of the pistol. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was made only for black powder cartridges and should never be fired with higher pressure smokeless powders. Approximately 100,000 of these little revolvers were made. 32 S&W “short” was made only during 1894. ![]()
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