"lover's gun"

[chiralphen]

New here but wanted to post this prop:

I'm suddenly obsessed with this gun and I'm trying to find any information on real revolvers with an "odd" number of chambers (even in this case). Also, what do you fellas think? I'm wondering how feasible it would be to make a working two chamber revolver...

 

[old bear]

Just about anything is possible if you have enough time and money. So how much time and money do you have?

 

[Lost Sheep]

Welcome to the forum

I that the titular gun from the 2001 Brad Pitt/Julia Roberts movie, "The Mexican"?

Does that trigger work, or even move?

Lost Sheep

 

[briandg]

I'm gonna need more of an explanation.

 

[Shadi Khalil]

I that the titular gun from the 2001 Brad Pitt/Julia Roberts movie, "The Mexican"?

Does that trigger work, or even move?

Lost Sheep

The trigger isn't even attached to anything and it's also made out of what looks like rope or yarn. That might be the single ugliest gun I've ever seen.

 

[briandg]

The trigger isn't even attached to anything and it's also made out of what looks like rope or yarn. That might be the single ugliest gun I've ever seen.

He did very clearly state that it is a prop, right?

 

[armoredman]

Whatever it is, it's not a firearm from what I can see, "trigger" is part of the "trigger" guard, and the hammer doesn't appear to hit anything. That's why it's a "lovers" gun, get mad, point and yell "BANG!"

 

[Shadi Khalil]

He did very clearly state that it is a prop, right?

He certainly did but if you took the time to read my whole post you'll see I was not addressing the OP.

 

[BillM]

Apparently there were 4 of them:

http://www.yourprops.com/The-Mexica...prop-weapons-The-Mexican--2001--prop-879.html

The OP's example appears to be missing the ramrod or whatever that
thingy under the barrel is.

 

[James K]

Hi, Chiralphen,

The link says the guns are dummies, made of rubber and painted; they are not even intended to look or function like real guns. But I don't know what you mean about an odd number of chambers. That looks like a dummy mockup of a single shot pistol not a revolver.

As to the number of chambers in a real revolver, it is up to the designer. The designer and the marketing people decide how big the revolver should be, and the caliber and designer decides how many rounds he can get in the cylinder. Most small frame .38's will be five shot, larger .38's six or even 7 or 8. And so on.

Jim

 

[Auto426]

James K hit the nail on the head. It's not a revolver, and it's not really a gun at all. There's no trigger and the hammer doesn't actually hit any kind of firing pin or percussion cap.

If this type of thing does interest you, I suggest you look into antique flintlock and percussion black powder pistols. There are plenty of reproduction guns out there with elegant designs very similar to the pictured movie prop, and they are typically pretty cheap and don't have any of the paperwork that goes along with modern cartridge guns.