My new “Terrier” from Iver Johnson finished grips in post 29

[Tom Kent]

Back in the stone ages I bought one in .32 and carried it to Viet Nam. I had it for a few months and someone narced me out to the company commander. He was pretty cool and he called me in and said he had heard a rumor that I had an "illegal" revolver. He told me to get rid of it. I gave it to a guy who was going back to the states.

 

[browningcollector]

I took the cylinder out last night to clean it up and there is no powder residue anywhere on the revolver. I don't think it has been shot. Very faint turn line on the cylinder also. I will post pictures of the grips in a few weeks when I get done with them

Kelly

 

[Gene L]

If it were me, I'd get factory grips with the owl head on them. Old folks around here used to say, "I grabbed my owl head" to reflect pulling a revolver.

 

[Drm50]

Now you know where the expression, Hotter than a three dollar pistol came from. That's a big jump to a Terrier.

 

[DWalt]

If the home-made grips don't work out, there are several sources of replica grips for all sorts of old guns. Usually molded plastic. Then there is always eBay and GunBroker. But I have not looked.

 

[browningcollector]

My grips I am working on. I am not finished yet but think they are coming along nicely

Kelly

 

[Tex1001]

There is a certain utilitarian charm about the older H&Rs and IJs. They deserve more respect. One of my earliest revolvers back in the Iron Age was an H&R Model 922, and I wish I still had it. I had a lot of fun with it.

The very first gun I fired in 1954 was an H&R 922 push pin revolver I used to shoot dinosaurs. I inherited it years ago along with a 929 and a 732. Accurate, rock solid, and inexpensive. Never cheap. Slow to load but good times.

 

[dsf]

Picked this up over the weekend. Almost new in the original box IJ Cadet in 38 S&W caliber. Very nice feel to it but came without grips so I am going to attempt to make some walnut ones for it. Not bad for $175

Kelly

Is there a screw hole in the frame's backstrap? If so you can tweak the mainspring pressure a bit and lighten the trigger pull a bit.

I'd always hesitated to fiddle with these or the H&R solid frames much. Figured they were too oddly built and no sideplate access - had visions of things going "boing!!!" never to be reassembled. But they're not really all that challenging. Given the nearly identical design I've wondered if IJ and H&R were related in some way.

My only Iver Johnson is a Montgomery Ward branded Model 75A.



It was previously owned by James Earl Jones. From its condition I don't think it was used all that much.

 

[browningcollector]

Finished grip pictures

Here are the finished grips. Not perfect but nice for an Iver Johnson

Enjoy

Kelly

 

[moosedog]

Grips for that will come up on Ebay from time to time.

 

[GeoJelly]

Your home made grips are much better looking than I could ever do, sir! That said, I don't think Fred Altamont is staying up late, burning the midnight oil worrying about your grip-making prowess ...