In 1894, the firm became 'Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works.' It is perhaps best known as a major manufacturer of inexpensive but serviceable pocket-size revolvers in.22 rimfire,.32 S&W, and.38 S&W calibers, serving the same sizable market niche as Hopkins & Allen and Harrington & Richardson in the late-19th through mid-20th centuries.
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Iver Johnson started out in 1871 as Johnson Bye & Co., in 1883 the name of the company was changed to Iver Johnson & Co. And in 1891 the name was changed again to Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works. Iver Johnson produced firearms under various names and owners form 1871 until 1993.

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Middlesex, NJ
Jacksonville, AR
Hardwick, VT

Overview
Time Span:	1978-1992
Quantity Produced:	approximately 96,700
Calibers:	.30 Carbine, 5.7mm Johnson, 9mm Parabellum
Serial Numbers:	(refer to Section III)

Jordanian Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Presidential candidate United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy with an eight-shot Iver Johnson.22 caliber Cadet 55-A revolver (serial number H-53725, Trial-People's Exhibit #6, misidentified in trial testimony as S/N H-18602) at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California on June 5, 1968; Kennedy died the following day at Good Samaritan Hospital.

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Introduction to Iver Johnson, Iver Johnson's Arms, & Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works

A man by the name of Iver Johnson was an immigrant who started his first gun factory in the 1800's in Massachusetts. Over the years he was in business the weapons and other products his company made developed a reputation worthy of making his name a U.S. Trade Mark. After Iver Johnson died his descendants operated the business until selling it in the early 1970's to a Brooklyn investor, Louis Imperato. Along with the company assets Imperato acquired the trade mark 'Iver Johnson'. Imperato eventually moved the company to New Jersey and began making M1 Carbines in the name of Iver Johnson in 1978.

Due to a number of changes in ownership the history of Iver Johnson's can be a bit confusing. Also confusing can be the names Iver Johnson, Iver Johnson's Arms, & Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works. Sometimes the names had more to do with corporate records than the names that appeared on their carbines or in their literature. While all three names will be covered throughout this document, on an operational level all three names are interchangeable with one another. Just because one name appears on the carbine does not mean a different name wasn't used on their documentation or in their corporate records.

The history of the carbines with the Iver Johnson name is divided into five sections. Each section is subdivided into different parts (several with multiple pages). As an example, 'Section I: History' starts with a prelude followed by four parts chronologically, each part representing one of the four companies that manufactured carbines using the Iver Johnson name.

Section I	Section II	Section III	Section IV	Section V	Section VI
History of Iver Johnson Arms 1977-2012	Models	Serial Numbers & Dates of Manufacture	Receivers & Markings	Parts	Brochures, Price Lists, Fliers & Manuals (Downloads)

This website is not affiliated in any manner whatsoever with Iver Johnson's Arms or any other carbine or part manufacturer. The information provided here is for historical interests only.

Section I The History of Iver Johnson's Arms
Five Separate Companies in Different Times and/or Different Places
Prelude	1882-1977	Worcester, MA, & Fitchberg, MA
Part I	1977-1983	Middlesex, NJ
Part II	1983-1986	Jacksonville, AR
Part III	1987-1992	Jacksonville, AR
Part IV	2003-2012+	Hardwick, VT & Rockledge, FL

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Prelude
Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works
Fitchburg, MA
1882-1977

Iver Johnson, the Gunsmith, & Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works
1867-1895 & 1871-1973

Iver Johnson began his gunsmith career in Bergen, Norway at the age of 16 in 1867. In 1863 Iver Johnson immigrated to America and settled in Worcester, MA. In 1871 Iver Johnson and Martin Bye, gunsmiths employed at Allen & Wheelock Company in Worcester, started their own gun manufacturing business under the name of Johnson & Bye Gunsmiths. In 1882 his partnership with Bye ended and Iver continued on as Iver Johnson & Company Revolvers, also known as Iver Johnson Arms Company. In 1890 Iver moved the business to Fitchburg, MA and the Iver Johnson owl logo began to appear.

In 1894 Iver purchased a bicycle shop in Fitchburg and changed the company name to Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works. Iver died in 1895. Between 1895 and 1973 the business was run by his sons and eventually one of his grandsons, who sold the business to Louis Imperato in 1973.

'Iver Johnson' 1871-1973 became well known for firearms, bicycles, motorcycles, and small appliances along with their own retail outlets in five different countries including the cities of New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Iver Johnson revolvers were competitive with revolvers made by Colt Firearms and Smith & Wesson. [excerpts from Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1871-1993 by W.E. Goforth]

Anyone interested in the history of Iver Johnson's prior to when they produced carbines may wish to pick up a copy of Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1871-1993 by W.E. Goforth.

Iver Johnson Arms purchased by Louis Imperato
1973-1977

Louis Imperato was born in Brooklyn January 21, 1933. After being discharged from the U.S. Army after the Korean War, Imperato began working at John Jovino Gunshop in Brooklyn, NY. About 1954 Imperato married one of the daughters of the owner, Frank Albanese, who had purchased the store years earlier from Jovino ['Built in Brooklyn', American Rifleman Sep 2001, p.75]. In the 1960's Imperato started a gun import business in Brooklyn, L.A. Distributors, and was the first to import the Erma Werke Model E M1 .22 caliber M1 Carbine look-alike in 1967. Imperato and his wife acquired the John Jovino Gunshop after the death of her father in June 1970. According to New York corporate records Imperato incorporated the John Jovino Gunshop on November 24, 197

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Overview

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Section IThe History of Iver Johnson's Arms

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Prelude Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works Fitchburg, MA 1882-1977

Iver Johnson, the Gunsmith, & Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works1867-1895 & 1871-1973

Iver Johnson Arms purchased by Louis Imperato1973-1977

Middlesex, NJ
Jacksonville, AR
Hardwick, VT

Section I
The History of Iver Johnson's Arms

Prelude
Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works
Fitchburg, MA
1882-1977

Iver Johnson, the Gunsmith, & Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works
1867-1895 & 1871-1973

Iver Johnson Arms purchased by Louis Imperato
1973-1977

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