I conclude this by combining that your all digit serial number # 14379 is one-third through the date frame of 1911 to 1917 or 1919, along with Bill's observation that the patent pending dates were only stamped on the Iver Johnson Hercules guns which were manufactured in the initial 1914 - 1923 run.įYI Bill Goforth wrote that serial # 12490 was probably the earliest Hercules grade double that he had seen. The owl logo is on the grip pad.īill Goforth passed away on but he left a treasure trove of information about your gun. A hunting dog is etched on the left side and "IVER JOHNSON ARMS & CYCLE WORKS FITCHBURG MASS U.S.A." is stamped on the right side. You found "IVER JOHNSON HERCULES SMOKELESS PAT'D.MAR.16,1915.APR.27,1915" between the barrels.
Mainehunter, you really were fortunate to have bought one of the best utility hammerless SxS of its era. How long are your barrels? Is the wood still good? Is the bluing all gone but a nice patina remains? Any bore pitting? What are the patent pending dates? Is it a Champion? Treat us to some clear pictures, about 635 pixels wide. Normally your gun would be valued at perhaps $150, but from what I read here, affordable SxS guns are hard to find, so I would recommend that you do not sell it before you get better advice than I can offer. IDK what the S stamp means, but the barrels certainly did not originally have 3" chambers more likely they were 2-1/2". The F stamp on each barrel means that each has a Full fixed choke.
Note that Bill Goforth considered Iver Johnson's with all number serial numbers to have been made from 1909-1919.
He also wrote that serial # 42317 was made in this same period, so we might suppose that your serial # 14379 was made about 1911. TwoOldDogs elsewhere wrote that an Iver Johnson serial # 14328 was made in the period 1909-1917 and that no records are available to give a more exact date.
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