Iver Johnson died of tuberculosis in 1895, and his sons took over the business. Mossberg and Andrew Fyrberg, who would go on to invent the company's top-latching strap mechanism and the Hammer-the-Hammer transfer bar safety system used on the company's popular line of top-break safety revolvers. The company attracted a number of talented immigrant machinists and designers to its ranks, including O.F. The company's name changed again to Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works in 1891, when the company relocated to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, (sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Fitzburg") in order to have better and larger manufacturing facilities. The company's name changed to Iver Johnson & Company in 1883, upon Johnson's purchase of Bye's interest, but Bye continued working in the firearm industry for the remainder of his life. Their primary revenues came from the sale of their self designed and manufactured inexpensive models of revolvers. Beginning in 1876, Johnson and Bye filed jointly for, and received, multiple new firearms features and firearms feature improvement patents. In 1871, Johnson merged his and Martin Bye's gunsmithing operations to form the Johnson Bye & Company. On April 9, 1868, Johnson married Mary Elizabeth ( née Speirs, born January 1847) in Worcester and the couple had three sons, Frederick Iver, John Lovell and Walter Olof, and two daughters, Mary Louise and Nellie. Seeking new and creative uses for his partially idle manufacturing equipment after the American Civil War, he worked not only gunsmithing locally in Fitchburg, but also providing designs and work to other firearms companies notably making pepper-box pistols for Allen & Wheelock.
Johnson emigrated from Norway to Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1863, and continued his work as a gunsmith by trade and an inventor in his spare time. He was educated as a gunsmith in Bergen in 1857, and had a gun store in Oslo. Iver Johnson was born in 1841 in Nordfjord, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The H&R Topper 88 was a basic shotgun, but it did come with a color case-hardened receiver.Iver Johnson revolver advertisement, pre-1907 These little beauties could be had with 8- or 12¼-inch barrels-good for a home protection or a truck gun. H&R even made a cool little model called the Handy-Gun from 1920 to 1934 in. Many young shooters got their start with this gun, although the light weight coupled with a hard butt plate didn’t exactly make it shooter friendly. They called it the Pardner-and later the Topper-and produced it in every popular gauge from 10 to 28 and. They built solid revolvers and shotguns, soon becoming the only North American licensee for England’s Anson & Deely boxlock side-by-side shotgun.īut it was their single-shot shotguns that became synonymous with good quality at bargain prices. They formed H&R in Worcester, Massachusetts, building iconic guns and a loyal following. He needed a partner with a production background to bring it to market and William Richardson fit the bill. Gilbert Harrington made history in 1871 with his top-break, shell-ejecting revolver. H&R Pardner and Topper The H&R Pardner-which later became the Topper-was produced in every popular gauge from 10 to 28 and.
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