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< 16ga. Guns ~ Iver Johnson |
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Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:49 am
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Joined: 30 Nov 2011
Posts: 1696
Location: Minnesota
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Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:58 am
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Joined: 14 Feb 2017
Posts: 401
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I have an Iver Johnson single shot and there are loads of them around. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a SxS Iver. |
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Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:02 pm
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Joined: 19 Jun 2004
Posts: 1480
Location: Mpls, MN.
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Seen ‘em, handled ‘em, shot ‘em. I’d have a hard time parting with $1200 for one. They run heavy, have seen more then one that was off face.
Kudos to the seller, he covered everything a guy would need to know.
Best,
Ted |
_________________ "Well sir, stupidity isn't technically against the law, and on that note, I'll remove the handcuffs and you are free to go". |
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Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:17 am
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Joined: 06 Aug 2004
Posts: 2172
Location: Kansas High Plains
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Kind of a cool gun but I wouldn't think there'd be much market for a 7-1/2 pound 16ga. |
_________________ I feel a warm spot in my heart when I meet a man whiling away an afternoon...and stopping to chat with him, hear the sleek lines of his double gun whisper "Sixteen." - Gene Hill, Shotgunner's Notebook |
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Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:50 am
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Joined: 13 Jun 2009
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Location: WA/AK
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The gun was the design of William O. Barnes, Patent No. 1,131,984 granted Mar. 16, 1915, and Patent No. 1,137,045 granted Apr. 27, 1915.
In the 1919 Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works catalog the gun is offered in 12-gauge only. At this time they were using mono-bloc barrels.
My 1924 Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works catalog has a paste-in adding the 16- & 20-gauge and .410-bore. Also, in the 1924 catalog they call it the Hercules Grade. By this catalog they are using chopper-lump barrels.
By the 1929 Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works catalog they added the option of automatic ejectors and a 12-gauge vent ribbed, beavertail forearm version called the Iver Johnson Hammerless Supertrap. Offerings the same in the 1931-2 catalog.
The next Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works catalog I have is April 25, 1935. It includes the SKEET-ER version. The regular gun is still called the Hercules Grade. An undated brochure I have on the SKEET-ER includes records of some big shoots it won in 1933, 1934 and 1935.
Offerings are the same in the 1937 Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works catalog. |
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Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:51 am
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Joined: 25 Jun 2008
Posts: 1863
Location: Wisconsin
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I’m sorry to have missed this post as it is a precious topic to me. When I refer to “my big double” or “my Bo Whoop” in many of my hunting stories, I’m speaking of my beast of an Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works 3” mag 12 gauge. It’s a Mod/Full 28” barrel double trigger in the 2.5” DAH range and probably weighs 8+ lbs.
I’ve never held a sixteen Iver but I can see the utility of a gun that works well off the knee sitting on a bucket or at the base of a tree. Toting mine can be a pain but is worth it if I have a destination. Imagining my Iver in 16 with the benefit of a square load activates the imagination.
Reno |
_________________ If you speak ill of farmers, don't do it with your mouth full. |
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Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:20 am
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Joined: 24 Jun 2013
Posts: 2067
Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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we've had a couple skeeters go around here in the past but not recent ... mine , alas is a single barrel that someone must have shot a turkey load out of . pretty much blew the stock up . took one splinter apart at a time and re-epoxied till they were all filled . it's now the camp gun .... good to see you posting again RENO !! |
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Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:50 am
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Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 1395
Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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It seems like every Iver Johnson single barrel shotgun I've have ever seen has had stock issues... |
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Mon Sep 28, 2020 3:56 pm
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Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 830
Location: Adirondak Mtns
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My first game gun was an Iver Jonson champion in 16 ga. A family gun belonging to a cousin. Strong connection to the 16 ga. Uncle Bill had a sweet 16, cousins bill, Kieth, ken, and hugh all had savage 37 in 16. Keith especially like the 37 him being a lefty. Wish I still.had the champion would like to pass it along. |
_________________ Interested in older US made SxS and upland hunting. New to reloading shot shells and looking for info and advice. |
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