![]() Awesome memory for my kids that is for sure! Hopefully I'll be around when my only grandson of 7 grandkids so far is old enough to shoot her. 5 generations have fired it, and there was 3 generations that day shooting her. He also wrote on another forum that the Iver Johnson Hercules Grade SxS shotguns were manufactured between 19. Each of them came home with a bruised shoulder, but they enjoyed it, and got to share the experience with my father while he was still with us. Bill Goforth observed that the patent pending dates were only stamped on the Iver Johnson Hercules guns which were manufactured in the initial 1914 - 1923 run. The gun kicks, and it taught them to respect fire arms. Gave them each a box of shells and told them to empty the box. This was the first gun my kids fired, they were in the 3rd (Daughter), 4th (Son), 6th (Son) grades. As I recall, the other one had the owl's head butt-plate and stampings more like yours.Ĭool, for some damn reason I'm taking a liking to these old IJ shotguns. What is interesting is that this is not the Iver Johnson Champion shotgun I was looking for.I can not find the one I had in mind when I responded to your post and I may not still own it at all. It appears that mine is a black powder gun made After 1901 and before 1909 (when they started using the Owl's head on the butt plate) On the left side of the receiver I am able to resolve the stamp JOHNSON'S but nothing before or under. Under this category you will find Iver Johnson Champion parts. There is one small crack, but it is does not effect the usage of the stock. It is in great condition with very minor dings/scratches. No other markings, no Iver Johnson, no serial, no nothing.I does have a pretty nice Walnut stock.ĮDIT: You made me get out the three-in-one oil and some 0000 steel wool. This is a beautiful Iver Johnson Champion Wood Stock. The only markings, at all, on this gun is the word CHAMPION stamped on top of the barrel a little forward of the receiver (it is so faint I couldn't get a pic) and on the hard rubber butt-plate it looks like stylized Chum, possible Cham, but that may not be correct as it is very worn. SA1911a1 wrote:I have that same Champion around here somewhere. ![]()
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