Section I	Section II	Section III	Section IV	Section V	Section VI
History of Iver Johnson Arms 1977-2012	Models	Serial Numbers & Dates of Manufacture	Receivers & Markings	Parts	Brochures, Price Lists, Fliers & Manuals (Downloads)

The Reorganization of Iver Johnson's Arms gives birth to AMAC

While operations continued at Iver Johnson's Arms at their Jacksonville, AR location during their Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the money owed Louis Imperato by Phillip Lynn Lloyd and others led to the return of the company to Louis Imperato. On February 2, 1987 Imperato incorporated AMAC, Inc., doing business as Australian Military Surplus Enfield Enterprises. It appears Imperato also acquired some or all of the damaged 43,500 Australian Enfield rifles that had contributed to the bankruptcies in 1986. On company internal documents Imperato identified AMAC as "American Military Arms Corporation" with Iver Johnson Arms being a division of AMAC. The name "American Military Arms Corporation" was not incorporated in Arkansas until September 11, 1989 when it was incorporated by another investor, Neal Paul Fisk of Mountain Home, AR. Imperato managed Iver Johnson's Arms in Jacksonville, AR from his office in Brooklyn, NY.

Carbine Production
1987-1992

The AMAC catalog for 1987, the only AMAC catalog/brochure found to date, showed a dramatic decrease in the number of carbine models to only one, with a choice of either a walnut or hardwood stock. The Enforcer model later offered by AMAC was not included in the brochure and may not have been available yet at the time the brochure was printed.

With the change of the company name to AMAC, the Iver Johnson name and logo was replaced by the AMAC name and logo.

Receivers for the French Short carbine with the Jacksonville, AR markings of this time period have been located but it is not known if they actually produced and exported these carbines as the receivers observed were obtained by Numrich Gun Parts when they purchased leftover receivers and parts sold at auction by Iver Johnson's bankruptcy trustee.

Iver Johnson 1986 (pre-AMAC)

AMAC 1987

(Example shown here is an Enforcer model, see further below)

Serial Number Prefixes AMAC - Iver Johnson Jacksonville, AR 1987-1992
Prefix	Model	Finish
AA	All Carbines but the Enforcer	blued steel
EF	Enforcer	blued steel
FF	French Short	blued steel

Other Offerings 1987-1992

AMAC continued production of the TP22 pistol in .22 long rifle and .25 ACP. They produced the .380 Pony pistol in limited numbers from 1988-1990. All handguns were marked with the AMAC name as opposed to the Iver Johnson name.

The Special Application Shooting System sniper rifle continued to be available by custom order. The Erma Werke manufactured Iver Johnson semi-auto, lever action, and pump action .22 rimfire rifles as well as the Lil Champ .22 bolt action rifle were offered in 1987 only and discontinued thereafter.

The Delta 786 Carbine

In 1989 AMAC/Iver Johnson re-introduced a 9mm carbine they called the Delta 786. This carbine was similar to the 9mm model offered 1985-1986 but with a matte black finish. It was intended for the civilian, law enforcement, and military markets. It's not known if this model was actually manufactured and if so what serial number prefix was used.

The Beginning of The End

Iver Johnson Arms successfully cleared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 9, 1989, however, on December 18, 1990 they filed for Chapter 11 protection again using the name Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works.

The Commemorative Carbines - Clearing the Backlog of Unsold Inventory

As you read this keep in mind advertisements are commonly placed months in advance of when they are actually published. It is likely orders for the following were being taken from distributors and filled prior to their advertisement in The American Rifleman. Distributor and retail sales continued to occur after Iver Johnson was no longer in business.

The April 1991 issue of The American Rifleman carried a full page advertisement introducing Iver Johnson's Stars & Stripes 50th Anniversary Commemorative edition. These can be readily identified by a round medallion inlay in the right side of the stock depicting a modified American flag. These are marked with the Iver Johnson name.

The American Rifleman
April 1991

The American Rifleman
May 1991

Both of the commemorative models introduced in 1991 were spin-off's of the earlier WWII Commemorative carbine, manufactured by Iver Johnson's Arms for the American Historical Foundation and first advertised in the January 1985 issue of The American Rifleman. The WWII Commemorative featured a round WWII medallion in the stock, several gold plated parts, and gold inlaid lettering in the slide.

The advertisements for the Stars & Stripes Commemorative's and National Guard Commemorative's showed the gold plating and gold lettering but these were absent on many of these commemorative's.

The vast majority of these 1991 commemorative's observed to date have been the Stars & Stripes Commemorative's. Serial numbers of these two commemorative's are intermingled with one another and the standard model carbines between s/n AA66756 and AA73377, with the majority of carbines in this block of serial numbers being the Stars & Stripes Commemorative's. A large quantity of the medallions for the National Guard commemorative's were purchased in early 1994 by Numrich Gun Parts from the auction of Iver Johnson's assets. These facts, with the timing of the introduction of these two carbines to the Chapter 7 bankruptcy discussed below, may indicate very few of the National Guard commemorative's were actually sold.

The commemorative models will be covered in more detail in Section II. For information on serial numbers refer to Section III.