Identify this?

[Jaholibop]

Can anyone identify what the heck this is...a friend of mine (accidently?) discharged and apparently there weren't any new holes in the wall.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaholibop/8069427938/in/photostream



http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaholibop/8069428854/

 

[Dilbert]

It's a starter gun of some sort. The cases in the first picture appear to only be blanks.

 

[Salmoneye]

I think it was a 'flare gun'...

The blanks were used to propel a small cylinder that fit in the 'flared' part of the barrel...

Seem to remember these from the backs of magazines as a kid in the 60's...

http://2mmpinfireworld.weebly.com/guns.html

 

[wogpotter]

"The world's smallest working double action revolver", a 2mm pinfire. It came originally with bullets & blanks for launching flares.
[url]http://minipinfireguns.com/[/URL]

 

[James K]

Made for concealed carry by pacifists who don't want to hurt anybody.

Jim