I owned one for many years.
Yes, it is copied from the 2nd gen Woodsmen.
It was as reliable as any other semi auto .22 that I have owned.
After a while it broke its firing pin.
Got a replacement from Numrich but it then started to missfire.
At the time I found a Buckmark for a good price and let the Trailsman go.
But I still kinda like the Trailsman as I'm sure you will too.

 

Syfr,

No experience with the Iver Johnson... I've got two Colt Woodsman (2nd Series) and from your pictures it looks to be a pretty good copy.

With the possibly NIB, hang tags, etc. do you plan on shooting it or just keeping it as a collector?

By the way... right now 2nd series Colt Woodsman's go for around $700 in good condition, possibly more with the box and misc. With hang tags, unfired, it would be in collector territory.

Thanks for sharing the pictures,

Jerry

 

That is a nice looking little gun! I'm sorry to say that I don't know anything about this pistol, but I was wondering if you or anyone else knew about what year the gun was produced?

 

From what little info I can glean from some web searching, it looks like late 80's and very early 90s. Lore has it that just 500 were produced (it's released under an argentine name too).

Looks like Numrich has some of the original wood grips for relatively short money. I think I'll snag a set. It appears to be a well made firearm that is just really obscure.
Thanks to the info , guys!

 

Many years ago I bought one new but with the six inch barrel. It seemed to be a well made copy of the Woodsman and I enjoyed it.

 

syfr-
Have you found the 39 page Iver Johnson Trailsman report by Ron Bearden?
It covers very extensively disassembly/reassembly instructions.
I found his discussion, on modifying alternative cheaper magazines to fit, very instructive.
It is the most comprehensive work I have found on the Iver Johnson Trailsman.
To find a downloadable copy, GOOGLE the following:
Iver Johnson Trailsman TM 22 PB manual disassembly by Ron Bearden

 

WOW!

I had NOT found that but I just downloaded it. More info there than I ever hoped to know, thank you so much.

I shot him an email too.

 

That is a very early Trailsman as can be seen by the presence of the "take down" button and the grips. Does it have an external extractor?

Here is my much later (wood grips and internal extractor with slanted serial number) pistol.

 

There's no visible extractor on mine, when I look at the right side of the slide.

I'm pretty sure this gun was never shot.

 

I picked this up today from our local Cabelas . It's either a NIB Iver Johnson Trailsman 22 auto or LNIB. I can't see any wear on the mag follower and it's in really nice condition. It came with the Iver Johnson box, all the hang tags, etc. I'm really pleased with this purchase.

I have read mixed things about this with some searching via Dr Google, but all in all, there is VERY little information about them. Apart from the cheezy grips, it looks to be a nicely made handgun. I'd really enjoy hearing any more about these that the collected wisdom of RFC has. They seem to be described as clones of the Colt Woodsman (when I first saw it, I thought it was a High Standard). I don't know how close a copy they are, so if YOU know, I'd enjoy hearing about it.

Even in this forum, there's scant information. Now, on to the pix:

Your gun was probably manufactured by Fundalum in Argentina in the mid 1980's, subsequently they were supposed to be made in the USA. Earlier, pre-1977 guns were made by Talleres Armas Livianas Argentinas (T.A.L.A.) in the city of Punta Alta.

 

another fun old thread revived that i enjoyed , learned something new too

 

If those papers in the box have any instructions for disassembly and reassemble please copy and post. I have one and had a hard time getting it apart and back together.