![]() I am looking on how to identify it and what year it was made. It is an Iver Johnson champion 12 ga single shot. Most I have seen sold on the various gun auction sites have sold for between $50 and $100. I have just stumbled upon this site and looking for some answers regarding some questions I have regarding some antique shotguns. 28 gauge guns are very scarce, this one is in extraordinary, original condition. 100 varnish wood finish with only very minor handling marks. 100 bold vivid color, bright as new with no fading. The fact that it is a single shot also detracts from the. Serial numbers were not recorded at the time, so I cannot furnish a better date of manufacture. 410 gauge will always be more desirable than a 12 gauge. A: Your Iver Johnson single-barrel shotgun was made between 18. A general rule of thumb is the lower the gauge, the more collectable. A prime condition example (rare) that appears to have come out of the factory yesterday afternoon might bring as much as $125 at auction while a rusty metal, rotten or broken wood and missing parts piece of junk fit only for parts salvage or as a whiskey still stirring stick might fetch as little a $10. Iver Johnsons Arms & Cycle Works Champion Break Action Shotgun. iver johnson champion 28 gauge single barrel shotgun, 28' barrel, full choke, mirror perfect bore, 100 blue. Several factors drive the value of the Iver Johnson Champion shotguns. Value of one of these old guns depends on its condition, the amount of original finish remaining on the metal and wood as well as the mechanical condition. I can see that the word is above all other markings so this gun was made before 1925. Here is the generally accepted serial date range for the Iver Johnson Champion Shotgun. ![]() ![]() All it has to say is that before 1925 the word CHAMPION was stamped above all other markings and after 1925 the word CHAMPION was below all other markings. There are markings other than serial numbers that will tell when one was made but my reference does not list them. When our resident Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works expert Bill Goforth passed most of our information about Iver Johnson Champion shotgun markings was lost.
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