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OK, I saw this at a garage sale the other day. WTH? I looks to be a palm gun of sorts....? The end screws off and it looks like you insert a single round in it, possibly a .32? Then with the black knob in your palm, you compress it and it would appear to fire at that point. I advised the guy to put it away, and let me find out what I can about it. So how about it? Does anyone have a clue? Is it legal? Should I forget that I saw it? Should I buy it?
Thanks GREATLY in advance!!
OK, I saw this at a garage sale the other day. WTH? I looks to be a palm gun of sorts....? The end screws off and it looks like you insert a single round in it, possibly a .32? Then with the black knob in your palm, you compress it and it would appear to fire at that point. I advised the guy to put it away, and let me find out what I can about it. So how about it? Does anyone have a clue? Is it legal? Should I forget that I saw it? Should I buy it?
Thanks GREATLY in advance!!
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From the photos I'd guess FRENCH or BELGUIM..c. late 1860's to mid to late 1870's..The PINFIRE cartridge was an in between Rimfire and Centerfire Cartridge..Pistols and Shotguns mainly...altho I have seen several Rifles over the years, and these were in light Caliber...
The Pin Fire Cartridge had a Fulminate of Mercury Compound used for ignition [Primer if you will]..It was found to be dangerous if you had a Pocket full of Ammo you stood the risk of causing one to discharge if accidently bumping into something that would cause the Pin to be driven into the loaded case..! The Cartridge was constructed similar to having a Match head between two Strikers..Pull the Match head and you have ignition...in theory at least..Centerfire and Rim Fire became the excepted cartridges and thankfully the Pin Fire died..I met a man in Belguim once that had a Pinfire Pistol...He had lost several Fimgers and claimed that He had lost them to an accident when one or two pinfire cartridges went off in His Pocket when He was attempting to pull several rounds from His Jacket Pocket... These Guns are only for display...Ammunition is virtually impossble to find..and if attempted to be Fired...more than likely would'nt ignite...The Pistol in the Photo is a nice Wall Hanger and not worth attempting to Convert into anything else...value wise I'd place a $125.00 Price tag on it as Collector Piece....
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Thats one unique peace!!
Rugster0 -
I have studied the pictures extensively and concluded that it is a Fancy 1900's Personal Cigar Humidor.
just kidding
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Thanks especially to Capt Kirk. Can you tell me where one might look to but guns like this for the 100-150 range? My friend could have sold this piece 10 times already for substantially more. BTW the stock is a Gale Morgan restoration. Gale said he had never seen so unique a piece. Thanks again, Ed 0 -
Capt Kirk nailed it. If I had it and got a $125 offer for it I would jump at it. Probably Belgium. Look for a mark with ELG on it. I have had several similar over the years, larger, smaller, single and double bbl. These were the cheapest breech loading pistols back around 1860 and 1870. The French and Spanish made pinfire military revolvers, single action, six shot, about 45 cal. Robert 0
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