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Posted by Def-Not-JTAC@reddit | ForgottenWeapons | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Friends, my old man’s buddy lives in Peru after retiring from the USAF. He ended up marrying a local( by design) and was helping his wife clean out her father’s office there. These were found. Any help with identification?
whateverynow@reddit
7 mm and 11 or 12 mm pinfire revolver . Neat thing is you can buy cases or kits to reload and shot them . Sharps pepperbox can't tell if 41 cal or 22 ? . if 22 dont just shot modern 22 in them. 3 to 5 grand worth of guns at least. I guess the other revolver might be some type Belgian 38 rimfire but I can't tell from look at it Beligain made a host of guns back in the day that where cheaper copies of other guns . Really I m guessing with a little work and gun smith saying there ok you could have a find day out at the range shooting off black power guns . Dont know what the laws are down there about vintage guns .
warpedaeroplane@reddit
C Sharps pepperbox, looks like a 2b
Lefauchex style pin fire revolver
Smith no. 1 1/2
Folding trigger is another pinfire though less obvious in its design
Flintlock pistol that was (poorly) converted to percussion with later carving
Ruashiba@reddit
I’m curious for that 3rd revolver. It’s a rimfire revolver that the cylinder flips kinda backwards like a derringer. Not a top break, an under break? Bottom break?
I can’t recall seeing a design like that, very interesting.
elchsaaft@reddit
That's a S&W model 1, or a clone of it.
Ruashiba@reddit
The more you know! I’m not too familiar with S&W other than the Schofield, because of course.
Thanks!
elchsaaft@reddit
Sharps pepperbox, the lil guy. A very early S&W (or clone), the one who's barrel tips up. The one with the folding trigger is most likely Italian. The pinfire is most likely a LeFaucheux. No idea on the percussion single shot.
jameson3131@reddit
Second from left looks like a Belgian Lafaucheux pinfire revolver. Maybe a 10mm, but there were many variations on this type.
reznov-where-are-you@reddit
yeah its definitely a pinfire, absolutely love seeing these things still around
Radar1980@reddit
The small one on the left looks to be a Sharps pepperbox derringer, a 2A model. Late 19th century, 1859-1874.
The rest maybe other users will be of more immediate assistance. I’d have to look up the revolvers, but the big one looks to have an Abadie gate, so it could be one of those or just using that.
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