Hi. I found this revolver in the closet of my great uncle's house. He's in his 90s, and has an excellent memory, but had no idea where the gun came from. His house isn't that old either. Maybe 30's.
There are no numbers or brands on the gun anywhere that I can see. Only the letter "U" with two markings above it. From a lot of googling and guessing at what the objects were, I found a lot of guns that were marked with "Double Crown over "U"
Looks like that's what I have here.
There are 6 chambers in the cylinder.
As far as I can tell, the size of the bullets are close to the size of a .45. Pretty big. Some other guns like this take a 10.5 mm bullet. So again, I guess this is the size.
After more research, the closest thing I can find that looks like my revolver is a Reichsrevolver (German?) from the late 1800s. WWI military revolver.
Am I right? Why are there no other markings?
Here are two photos of the gun. One of the left side, and one of the right.
There are no numbers or brands on the gun anywhere that I can see. Only the letter "U" with two markings above it. From a lot of googling and guessing at what the objects were, I found a lot of guns that were marked with "Double Crown over "U"
Looks like that's what I have here.
There are 6 chambers in the cylinder.
As far as I can tell, the size of the bullets are close to the size of a .45. Pretty big. Some other guns like this take a 10.5 mm bullet. So again, I guess this is the size.
After more research, the closest thing I can find that looks like my revolver is a Reichsrevolver (German?) from the late 1800s. WWI military revolver.
Am I right? Why are there no other markings?
Here are two photos of the gun. One of the left side, and one of the right.