Iver Johnson compact 25 cal auto gun?

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2026-04-07 18:56

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Partial clone of BernaDELLi VP built under licence by IJ. In turn, the VP is a partial clone of the Walther Model-9.

Extreme hide-out pistol. One of the smallest 25 cals ever marketed. More compact than (say) the Browning compact 25.

Internal parts made by BernaDELLi, though frame and slide different. Thus parts available, although allegedly some pre-1968 BernaDELLi parts are not directly interchangeable, later ones are. My experience is that magazines interchange just fine. This includes extended 8-round BernaDELLi mags with finger rest.

Goforth (who literally "wrote the book" on IJ) hand-assembled several hundred from parts in early 1990's after IJ went under. In my experience, these particular guns are very reliable. Price ? In good condition, maybe $175-250 at auction, vs comparable BernaDELLis $250-400.

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