This is the same gun as the earlier Model 36 champion except that the smaller gauges are now built on the same frame as the large gagues. 410 bore, 24 and 28 gauges offered in 1913 24 gauge dropped 1928 all gauges except 12 dropped after 1941 name changed to Champion single Barrel in 1917.ĬHAMPION SINGLE BARREL-1923-1978 Single barrel rebounding center mounted hammer top lever operated break open design gauges: 12, 16, and 20 barrel length: 28, 30, and 32 inches (features barrel and lug forged in one piece) bored full chock only American black Walnut butt stock and fore-end automatic extractors weight 6¾ pounds overall length with 30 inch barrel 45 inches case hardened receiver (nickel available as option), browned barrel automatic ejectors extra cost option. jis for patent number 1,142,934 which covers mounting a small bore barrel on a standard size frameĬHAMPION MODEL 36-1909-1922 Serial number without letter codes were used between 19. Your iver johnson champion 410 is the large frame model 36 manufactured between 1916 and about 1920. Again, while the butt plate is not original, I have removed it and the stock does not appear to have been shortened.Ĭan anyone help me out here? Are parts interchangeable between model 36 and 39? Also the gun has an overall length of 40-5/8" which is also not consistent with the info I have been reading. The barrel does not appear to be altered. One post I read implied the patent date stamping indicates that this gun is a standard frame with a small bore barrel but neither the model 36 nor the model 39 info showed a 25 inch barrel for a. I have read several of these posts but I still cannot determine which model I have or whether it is the small or standard size frame. On the barrel it is stamped - "410 gauge choke bore barrel and lug forged in one" and "Pat'd June 15 15 Pat's Pending" On the side of the receiver is stamped - "Iver Johnson's I need to order some parts so I need to be sure of what I have. 410 and I'm trying to figure out what model it is. I just got my hands on my grandfather's old Champion.
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