German 320 bulldog

Nice little folding trigger. It very much resembles the British Bulldog my grandfather carried with him when he was on the horse racing circuits in the 1890s/very early 1900s. His of couse didn't have a folding trigger . . .
I would think that this dates to the 1890s/early 1900s.
 
I have to disagree with the idea that "velodog" is a generic term for any old European revolver. That is like saying that ".38 Special" is the same as "revolver" and that all revolvers can be called "38 Specials."

Velo-Dog (sometimes one word) is a cartridge, and a Velo-Dog revolver is a revolver chambered for that cartridge. A revolver chambered for something else is not a "Velo-Dog", any more than a .44 Magnum revolver is a ".38 Special."

I doubt that Herr Stuckenbrok manufactured that gun. But he was a retailer of bicycles (fahrrader), so he probably kept some guns on hand to sell to his customers who feared attacks by dogs. So does that make that gun a "velo-dog? Hmmm.

Jim
 
Do NOT dry fire it too much! As in, more than a few pulls of the trigger!

These old guns were notorious for breaking parts willy nilly if people dry fired them.
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And given its appearance in the pics, I wouldn't want to fire it with live ammo, either.

Snap caps is the ticket, here.
 
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