by flintlok » Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:10 am
Iver Johnson Company was located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It's the neighboring town next to my home town. I tried getting a job at the factory in the late 1960's. They wanted nothing to do with me. The company was known for very low end guns and near junk revolvers. In the 1950's the major manufactuer's made a plethora of inexpensive single shot "boy's" rifles. They are interesting to collect. The guns were all cheaply made and seemed to have fatal flaws but were surprisingly accurate. The safety features back then would never "fly" now due to product liability laws. I would have never considered buying one of those low end guns in the past but of late I picked up several of them. I just bought a 1950's Winchester Model 67 single shot. I missed an opportunity to pick a Remington Model 510 22rf single shot. The all seem to feature nice black walnut stocks. The Iver Johnson version is worth several hundred dollars on the collector's market. Strangely these thing become worth real money as sufficient time passes.
The faster I go, the older I get.
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Flintlok, I think you're dead right....."The Dogge"
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