FIRST MODEL SAFETY AUTOMATIC HAMMER (BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE) Description
.22 rimfire, .32 centerfire, or .38 centerfire cal., nickel (standard) or blue finish, hard rubber grips with owl's head design, small or large frame, 5 or 7 shot, 3 (small) or 3 1/4 in. barrel, single top post barrel latch (release lever mounted on left side of top strap), flat leaf hammer spring, first revolver marked "Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works", some early models were marked "Iver Johnson & Co.", uses hammer the hammer action, main ser. no. location on left side of grip frame, 12-17 1/4 oz. Mfg. 1894-1895.