what is this for a gun
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Tuhkanen,
I see you've been registered here for over a year and you only have 6 posts. You'll need to be posting more often.
Where in Finland are you? I went to Finland in high school with my school choir on our way to and from the Soviet Union. Helsinki was one of the highlights of the entire trip (the only Soviet city that we enjoyed as much was Talinn). We also visited a town near Helsinki but I forget what it was called. I think it was a newer town, what here would be called a "planned community" (in that a developer or government planned it out before starting on it as opposed to the way most towns/cities are built and planned as they go). My only complaint, your country is COLD, it was April and it was colder than it gets here in Maryland in Feb.
I see you've been registered here for over a year and you only have 6 posts. You'll need to be posting more often.
Where in Finland are you? I went to Finland in high school with my school choir on our way to and from the Soviet Union. Helsinki was one of the highlights of the entire trip (the only Soviet city that we enjoyed as much was Talinn). We also visited a town near Helsinki but I forget what it was called. I think it was a newer town, what here would be called a "planned community" (in that a developer or government planned it out before starting on it as opposed to the way most towns/cities are built and planned as they go). My only complaint, your country is COLD, it was April and it was colder than it gets here in Maryland in Feb.
Chaim,
What it comes to my six postings:
Sometimes it's better to listen and not to talk so much
Nice to hear that you liked Helsinki.
I - personally - think it's nice place to visit, but I don't want to live there. I live in Tampere - about 200km (what that would be in miles?) north from Helsinki.
Town near Helsinki? How near? To what direction? Plenty of possibilities. Espoo, Vantaa, Porvoo, Loviisa, Hyvinkää, Riihimäki, Hanko (etc.) - did any of these match?
Oh yes, it is cold here in winter. But I like it more than rain and mud and dirt everywhere...
This year we kind of missed our autumn: the summer was long and WARM - the next step we had winter with snow and frost. Kind of strange
What it comes to my six postings:
Sometimes it's better to listen and not to talk so much
Nice to hear that you liked Helsinki.
I - personally - think it's nice place to visit, but I don't want to live there. I live in Tampere - about 200km (what that would be in miles?) north from Helsinki.Town near Helsinki? How near? To what direction? Plenty of possibilities. Espoo, Vantaa, Porvoo, Loviisa, Hyvinkää, Riihimäki, Hanko (etc.) - did any of these match?
Oh yes, it is cold here in winter. But I like it more than rain and mud and dirt everywhere...
This year we kind of missed our autumn: the summer was long and WARM - the next step we had winter with snow and frost. Kind of strange
Espoo would be it. The only thing I remember there is being outside for a few hours and wanting to be inside. Your April weather is like our COLD winter days. Leningrad and Moscow were worse though. It was a good rehersal- a couple years later I spent 8 months in Vermont for my "false start" at college (my first 50 below experience was in Vermont, that I know of anyway- we never were given the temp while in Finland, Estonia or Russia).
The only cities from that trip that I have any real wish to return to are Talinn and Helsinki (I did like Moscow though). I remember my host family (we were split up for the night and stayed with families while in Finland- funny the old USSR wouldn't allow that though
) tried to make us feel at home and fed us pizza. Ick, compared to here Fin pizza was kinda nasty (no offense- I'm sure if I tried making a Finnish dish it would probably not go over very well with your taste buds either).
Um, nostalgia. I'm going to have to dig out my photos from that trip now. Maybe call a travel agent too (maybe I can go in a year or two).
The only cities from that trip that I have any real wish to return to are Talinn and Helsinki (I did like Moscow though). I remember my host family (we were split up for the night and stayed with families while in Finland- funny the old USSR wouldn't allow that though
) tried to make us feel at home and fed us pizza. Ick, compared to here Fin pizza was kinda nasty (no offense- I'm sure if I tried making a Finnish dish it would probably not go over very well with your taste buds either).Um, nostalgia. I'm going to have to dig out my photos from that trip now. Maybe call a travel agent too (maybe I can go in a year or two).
I think Tommie doesn't get much...
... from this (to his original question), but anyway one more reply:
Cold in April Heck, that's (almost) middle of the spring People begin to dress lighter, the bright part of the day is (much) longer than a while ago and it's much warmer etc etc.
You didn't like our pizza? Again I think it must have been quite near Eastern, so be happy they didn't offer to you "mämmi". It's our traditional Eastern-time food (usually dessert) and it looks just like...
... well, it looks just like sh**.
But separate from that I - anyway - like it's taste!
(Oh, have to tell this: talking about Finland, Helsinki, Moscov, USSR or Soviet Union (or whatever will that be) in the same senternce like they were all the one and the same thing is sure way to piss off any Finn
No offence, you didn't do that. It just came to my mind.)
... from this (to his original question), but anyway one more reply:
Cold in April
Heck, that's (almost) middle of the spring People begin to dress lighter, the bright part of the day is (much) longer than a while ago and it's much warmer etc etc.You didn't like our pizza? Again I think it must have been quite near Eastern, so be happy they didn't offer to you "mämmi". It's our traditional Eastern-time food (usually dessert) and it looks just like...
... well, it looks just like sh**.
But separate from that I - anyway - like it's taste!
(Oh, have to tell this: talking about Finland, Helsinki, Moscov, USSR or Soviet Union (or whatever will that be) in the same senternce like they were all the one and the same thing is sure way to piss off any Finn
No offence, you didn't do that. It just came to my mind.)To get back to the original question.
The gun is a pinfire revolver with a folding trigger. There never was a trigger guard, so it is not missing. The trigger should fold forward and either be held by a spring or a latch. If there was a latch in that position, it appears to be missing.
In a pinfire cartridge, the primer (percussion cap) sat on a little "shelf", held by a pin in the open end. The pin protrudes out the side of the cartridge case and when it is struck it fires the primer and ignites the powder charge. The little round notches in the rear of the cylinder are for the pins.
Pinfire revolvers were very common in the 1870-1880 period in Europe; they were never common in the U.S., where percussion revolvers were used into the era of rimfire and centerfire cartridges.
Value of the gun in the U.S. would be nominal, maybe $50-75, as a novelty; there is little collector interest. I don't know about value in Europe.
Jim
The gun is a pinfire revolver with a folding trigger. There never was a trigger guard, so it is not missing. The trigger should fold forward and either be held by a spring or a latch. If there was a latch in that position, it appears to be missing.
In a pinfire cartridge, the primer (percussion cap) sat on a little "shelf", held by a pin in the open end. The pin protrudes out the side of the cartridge case and when it is struck it fires the primer and ignites the powder charge. The little round notches in the rear of the cylinder are for the pins.
Pinfire revolvers were very common in the 1870-1880 period in Europe; they were never common in the U.S., where percussion revolvers were used into the era of rimfire and centerfire cartridges.
Value of the gun in the U.S. would be nominal, maybe $50-75, as a novelty; there is little collector interest. I don't know about value in Europe.
Jim