1974
Abraham Lincoln is the only US President to hold a patent.
Between 1931 and 1937. It will have the sliding safety in front of the trigger instead of the button type located behind the trigger. Some of these guns have the manufacturers code on the left side of the barrel near the chamber. There were about 43000 of these guns made on the Browning patent from 1905 to 1947.
If its in good shape I believe somewhere in the vicinity of 300-400 would be close.
Remove trigger pin with action un-cocked . http://www.histandard.info/manuals/sears/rfrifles/index.html
American Patents last for 20 years. Chrysler came out with the Hemispheric combustion chamber in the 1950s.
The Bulldog
$60 to $100
that's the patent date on a New Model, the W on the trigger guard would be an inspectors mark and indicate a military firearm. There should be others on the frame and a cartouche if still visible on the left grip.
A patent is a grant from a patent office, such as the United States Patent Office. "Patent Pending" is a phrase that an application for a patent has been filed and is in some stage in the process of obtaining a patent. Thus, a patent can be presently enforced while a patent that is merely pending is unenforceable but can mature into a patent that can be enforced. Once the pending patent matures, the patent owner can sue for back damages or reasonable royalties starting from the filing date of the patent.
Iver Johnsons can be hard to identify. Would need to know if it has the tip-up frame or a solid frame, what the patent dates are and where the patent dates are located. sales@countrygunsmith.net
1832.Samuel Colt first attempted to patent a revolver in the US in 1832. UK Patent #6909 was his first successful revolver patent: it was issued in 1835.1836Samuel Colt's first U. S. patent was patent No. 1304, dated August 29, 1836. This patent protected the basic design of his revolving-breech loading, folding trigger firearm named the Paterson pistol. Previous to his American patent he had been awarded a patent in England (1935) for the same design.1836Samuel Colt invented the first revolver, a gun named after its inventor "Colt", and after its revolving cylinder "revolver". In 1836, Samuel Colt was granted a U.S. patent for the Colt revolver, which was equipped with a revolving cylinder containing five or six bullets and an innovative cocking device.
The wooden forend on that gun extends back along both sides of the receiver. There is a big honking screw that goes through the wood and the receiver from left to right. Remove that screw and you will be able to remove the trigger group downward and rearward. Please be careful not to lose the disconnector from the right side of the trigger group. Do not dry fire the trigger group. In fact, my advice is not to attempt to disassemble the trigger group unless you are very familiar with that action. It is easy to take apart, but difficult to reassemble. sales@countrygunsmith.net