Keepin_Jeepin
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No markings of any king. Another of grandpa's guns.
Any insight on this I don't even know where to begin.
Thanks!
Any insight on this I don't even know where to begin.
Thanks!
I have an unknown octagon barrel here
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Baba Louie
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Belgian origins I'm pretty sure. Nagant family of double actions. As to specifics... not up to speed nor do I have me books at work to look up more info. Just going from memory.
ETA LINK
http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/VFPC...g/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=10508,DATABASE=objects,
It does sort of resemble the photo in the link does it not? Model 1878
ETA LINK
http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/VFPC...g/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=10508,DATABASE=objects,
It does sort of resemble the photo in the link does it not? Model 1878
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Keepin_Jeepin
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Very interesting. Good find, cylinder looks totally different though. Different caliber maybe? Other then that they look identical to me.
Is this a valuable gun? Is it a collectors piece? Its in rough shape, not even shootable as far as I am concerned.
Is this a valuable gun? Is it a collectors piece? Its in rough shape, not even shootable as far as I am concerned.
Keepin_Jeepin
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On second thought look how the cylinder contacts the barrel. The style is completely different. Maybe same manufacture but different models?
The cylinder arbor (the part the cylinder rotates on) seems to be either missing or broken off.
The gun is a general type of European revolver of the c. 1870-1900 era. I am pretty sure it was made in Belgium and if you look closely at the back of the cylinder you might find an oval with the letters E L G, the Liege proofmark.
Those guns are fairly common, even in the U.S. and are of little value, perhaps $200 tops if in excellent condition and working properly (which they rarely are).
Jim
The gun is a general type of European revolver of the c. 1870-1900 era. I am pretty sure it was made in Belgium and if you look closely at the back of the cylinder you might find an oval with the letters E L G, the Liege proofmark.
Those guns are fairly common, even in the U.S. and are of little value, perhaps $200 tops if in excellent condition and working properly (which they rarely are).
Jim
Keepin_Jeepin
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Hmm okay thanks
WyoShooter
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This gun looks to be of the Lefaucheux design. A little bit later than Civil War era as the cylinder doesn't seem to be the pin fire cartridge type.
Jim Watson
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A nameless open top centerfire, one evolutionary step beyond the pinfires.
It is similar but not identical to a Gasser 1870 Austro-Hungarian infantry officer's revolver.
Maybe a Belgian or if not proofmarked, Spanish copy of the Gasser.
It is similar but not identical to a Gasser 1870 Austro-Hungarian infantry officer's revolver.
Maybe a Belgian or if not proofmarked, Spanish copy of the Gasser.
