Here's an advertisement, captured in Goforth's book, for Lovell's Swift hammerless revolver from 1890. Lovell Arms had a manufacturing agreement in place between 18 for IJ to make these Swift revolvers, and several hundred thousand were probably made in this time period! In 1895, Lovell was bought out by Iver Johnson's. ACP.Haven't seen one 'in the wild', but the 'bible' on Iver Johnson firearms made over the years, written a few years ago by William Goforth, 'Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Firearms' has a 4 page section on Swift revolvers. It is generally found either blued or with a mottled-color finish, and always in. In shape and workmanship, it resembled some of the lesser known Belgian pocket pistols such as the Melior or the Feil. When compared with its contemporaries, the Colt, Remington, or Mauser, it had very little to recommend it. This is probably due to the fact that it was a clumsy, bulky design. Though the Davis-Warner 'Infallible' was made in 2 distinct variations, it is a comparatively scarce American pocket pistol. Note: Hammer must be in fired position when opening or closing revolver or lever will be damaged. Be sure that barrel catch is held up in unlocked position when replacing cylinder on quill to avoid damaging cylinder finish. Remaining lock parts are easily removed from frame. Drift out trigger guard and trigger pins (30). Unscrew and remove mainspring adjusting screw through cutout in frame. Remove mainspring plunger (33) and mainspring (34) through top of frame. Hold trigger (27) back and remove hammer (31) through top of frame. Remove grip screw (36) and pull grip off frame. Complete disassembly of cylinder, extractor (16), and ejector rod (12) assembly is unnecessary for normal cleaning purposes and is not recommended. Cylinder (14) can be removed by holding up barrel catch and pulling cylinder to rear off quill (11). Rear sight and barrel catch assembly (6) can be removed by unscrewing barrel catch screw (17) from left side of top strap of barrel, taking care not to allow ejection of barrel catch spring and plunger (9, 10). To separate barrel assembly from frame (I, IB) remove joint screw (19) and pull barrel off joint. As rear trigger guard pin is drifted into frame, it will push slave-pin out. With slave-pin in place, trigger guard can be replaced in frame (18) with sear and spring and trigger guard pins (30) replaced. Make the slave-pin of brass rod or wood, slightly shorter than width of trigger guard. Grip is secured by a single screw (36).Дў In reassembling lock mechanism, replacing trigger guard (29) in frame is facilitated by using a small slave-pin (as shown at ('A') to secure scar and sear spring (25. The standard model (A) with 6' barrel has one-piccc grip with thumb rest (38).

INotc that the 2% ' barrel Snub Model 66S (B) is provided with the smaller two-piece grips (39) and single transverse grip screw (37). In 1962, the Model 66 Trailsman cal.22 long rifle revolver was offered with AVi' barrel.

38 S&W center-fire cartridges, (cylinder capacity 5 rounds) In addition to cal.22 long rifle, the Snub Model 66S Trailsman revolver was chambered for the.

Model 66 Trailsman revolver with 6' barrel is optionally available with one-piece plastic or walnut grip.ДЇrom 1960 until 1964, the Model 66 revolver was offered with 23/4' barrel under the designation Trailsman-Snub (Snub Model 66S). Cartridges or fired cases arc ejected manually by depressing the ejector rod under the barrel. Chambers are counterbored to enclose the cartridge heads, and front face of the cylinder has a flash shield to direct powder gases forward and away from the shooter. 22 long rifle cartridge, this 8-shot, top-break, double-action revolver features a rebounding hammer and adjustable target sights. Mass., the Model 66 Trails-man revolver with 6' barrel was introduced in 1958. Manufactured by Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works, Inc., of Fitchburg.

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