Mystery .22 Pistol
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aarondhgraham
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I have no idea,,,
But it is way cool!
Aarond
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But it is way cool!
Aarond
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looks home-made. Especially with NO markings. Maybe some one cut off a rifle barrel [ Before the markings ] and put it in a hand-made grip. Where did you get it? How long is the barrel? Somebody on this forum will know, but I don't. Who ever did it used nice wood. I looked through my gun books and the action KINDA looks like an old Stevens single-shot .22. And those were made in .22 short.
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Is the barrel hexagonal, or is that a trick of the lighting? Does the metal go all the way down the forestrap and backstrap? Both the wood and the workmanship on the grip look nice. I am intrigued, but I haven't a clue. If you don't get an answer on TFL, though, you may never find out.
Mike Irwin
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That's very likely a Flobert parlor pistol. Probably .22 CB or BB cap, or 6mm.
I would guess that it's European and you're simply not finding the European markings on it, but it could have been made elsewhere.
I would guess that it's European and you're simply not finding the European markings on it, but it could have been made elsewhere.
Technically, A "Flobert" pistol will have a swiveling plate that acts as a breechplate. This would more accurately be described as a typical bolt action "parlor" pistol.
I searched the Gun Digest 1911 Alfa catalogue reprint, but I couldn't find anything that matched it exactly. This type of pistol was common in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, and yours looks like a plain Jane lower end type.
Mike Irwin
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"Technically, A "Flobert" pistol will have a swiveling plate that acts as a breechplate."
Very true. But I'm off the clock, so to hell with technical.
Very true. But I'm off the clock, so to hell with technical.
Interesting; it looks as if the bolt cam is cut on an angle, allowing it to eject fired cases automatically; if that's the case, this would be what the Germans call "halb-automatische"/"half-automatic". The styling is European, but there should almost certainly be some sort of proof-marks somewhere on it; have you had it out of the wood?
bedbugbilly
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I don't know why folks refer to the barrel as "hexagon" . . .
Hex = 6
Oct = 8
Other than a homemade muzzleloading pistol that someone put together using hexagon (6 sided) bar stock for a barrel, in over 50 years of collecting I've never seen a "hex barrel". Barrels that are 8 sided are "Octagon" - and they are measured across the flats. i.e. 3/4", 13/16", 7/8", etc.
Hex = 6
Oct = 8
Other than a homemade muzzleloading pistol that someone put together using hexagon (6 sided) bar stock for a barrel, in over 50 years of collecting I've never seen a "hex barrel". Barrels that are 8 sided are "Octagon" - and they are measured across the flats. i.e. 3/4", 13/16", 7/8", etc.
chris in va
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Looks like six sides to me.
Well, maybe not if the top is flat.
Well, maybe not if the top is flat.
Bill DeShivs
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Looks hexagonal to me, too.
