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• Jayhawker Moderator Posts: 17,020 Senior Member

  January 2015 #2

  Could be a Tranter, a Starr or a Beaumont-Adams... all have a similar look...
  
  Without more detailed pics, I'm all out of guesses...

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• Farm Boy Deuce Senior Member Posts: 6,083 Senior Member

  January 2015 #3

  Jayhawker wrote: »

  Could be a Tranter, a Starr or a Beaumont-Adams... all have a similar look...
  
  Without more detailed pics, I'm all out of guesses...

  
  Were they making copies of those in Belgium during the 1860s?

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• Teach Senior Member Posts: 18,428 Senior Member

  January 2015 #4

  OK- - - -it's a cartridge-firing centerfire, which would date it from the 1870's or later, a bit too late for the yankee invasion. The design looks vaguely European, so a search of late 19th. Century handguns would be a good place to begin. A few detailed pics from several angles would probably help. I'm going to guess western Europe, maybe Swiss, Belgian, or possibly French origin. Any idea of approximate bore size?
  Jerry

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• blkbird305 Member Posts: 220 Member

  January 2015 #5

  Thanks for the replies so far!
  
  As for the bore size, I havent seen it in person but I would guess the size is .38 or so just from the pic.
  
  Anything I need to get a pic of that would help ID? It'll be Sunday before I am able to see it but I will do my best.

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• Gene L Senior Member Posts: 11,815 Senior Member

  January 2015 #6

  It's beyond ID, IMO. With zero markings on it, anything would be a guess, and not an informed guess at that. It looks bigger than a .38 to me, but I'm just guessing.
  
  It also looks like a DA revolver as it has no hammer spur (unless it's been cut off) and no trigger guard, if it originally had one.
  
  Hammer spring is missing, of course. I wouldn't be surprised if it were buried intentionally, possibly used in a crime. Maybe a folding trigger revolver?

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• DanChamberlain Senior Member Posts: 3,395 Senior Member

  January 2015 #7

  The hammer spur could have rusted off like the trigger guard and mainspring.
  
  As for buried intentionally, dropped guns bury themselves over a century when the grass grows around them, dies and lays down. Lots of artifacts end up a foot down just from natural decay of surrounding vegetation.

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