Old Revolver

[Loose Brass]

I got an email from a friend this evening that included this picture. He thought since I was an avid shooter I might be able to identify this. It's been in his family for years. He does not want to sell it just wants to know what it is. Just guessing on my part I think it might be from a Belgian maker but this really isn't my area of expertise. Can anyone out there help? He is sending me more pics later if it helps.

Thanks

[MrBorland]

Belgium would've been my first guess. Warm up your clicker finger and go here:

http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/a%20a%20artisans%20identifies%20gb.htm

Maybe Spanish, too. If you strike out in Belgium, there are plenty of other possibilities:

http://www.littlegun.be/index.htm

Tom

[Steve J]

Looks like this one > 6) Montenegrin Gasser. Marked on knoxform with cypher of Nicholas I of Montenegro. The huge 11mm Gasser/Montegrin cartridge had 6 variations(see Starr conversion on p.4). here >> http://home.earthlink.net/~frey2000/id2.html Scroll down to the third picture near the bottom of the page.

Here's the photo. It's the one of the far right isn't it?

[Loose Brass]

Looks like this one > 6) Montenegrin Gasser. Marked on knoxform with cypher of Nicholas I of Montenegro. The huge 11mm Gasser/Montegrin cartridge had 6 variations(see Starr conversion on p.4). here >> http://home.earthlink.net/~frey2000/id2.html Scroll down to the third picture near the bottom of the page.

Here's the photo. It's the one of the far right isn't it?

Yeah, pretty sure that's it. Thanks

[open17]

The one on the far right in the gasser pix is CLOSE, but not the same. Lots of small

differences. The cylinder on the one you are asking about also appears to be longer.

Post some pix or descriptions of the proof marks. I'm going to bet that one of them

is a crown on top of an oval, with E L G inside the oval. Belgian.

[MrBorland]

Post some pix or descriptions of the proof marks.

Yep - That'd help a bunch. Here's a link that might help with proof mark ID:

http://www.phoenixinvestmentarms.com/archives/Proofmarks.pdf

[Loose Brass]

Thanks for all the help guys! I don't have the revolver here but my friend is suppose to be sending more pics. I hope to post them soon

[Kevin G.]

1873 Gasser Army Revolver

Check out the above link. It looks like the 1873 Gasser Army revolver, or at least a copy of that model. Although, the ejector looks slightly different.

Old guns are just plain fun.

[Steve J]

I bet you will have small differences on the same model, caliber and barrel length. Just think (if you know) about what Colt did in the 1980s. You were just as likely to get a commander hammer as you were a spur hammer on the same model with absolutely no reason other than that's what got supplied to the assembly line that day. Now role the clock back 80 years or so and consider a military production run in Europe.

Edited August 28, 2010 by Steve J