Iver Johnson Top Break question

[Tom-ADC]

This was made in 1898 so antique and no paperwork required?

[musketjon]

It depends on the actual date in '98. There are some '98 firearms that must go through an FFL for transfer.
Jon

[Joseph Lee]

For the purposes of the National Firearms Act, the term means any firearm not intended or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

[Tom-ADC]

For the purposes of the National Firearms Act, the term means any firearm not intended or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

Saw that and found this also, waiting to hear back from seller.
Small Frame (.32) hammer: Patent dates on top rib of BARREL, *AND* must check serial number prefix (left side of grip strap underneath grip - yes, you must remove the grips for this one): A = 1897; E = 1898; F = 1899. The easy way to remember: If it has an 'F' it FLUNKS the Antique Test.

[Tom-ADC]

It's a 1st model made 1894-95 only, and black powder only.