Anyone Have Any Idea What This Gun Is?

mk70ss · April 22, 2019, 04:26 PM

Bill DeShivs · April 22, 2019, 05:04 PM

If the barrel is not bored through, I would say it's an early cap gun.

mk70ss · April 22, 2019, 05:38 PM

It is bored through, it’s a smooth bore though.

Bill DeShivs · April 22, 2019, 06:15 PM

Then it's a kid's blank pistol.

Pahoo · April 22, 2019, 06:20 PM

mk70ss
No, I do not know but my SWAG on this is that it is a M/L pistol. Probably a "Muff-Pistol". Sure wish I could see a picture of what is below the hammer head on the frame. ….

Be Safe !!!

Marty8613 · April 22, 2019, 07:51 PM

I’m thinking a Flobert.

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FrankenMauser · April 22, 2019, 09:14 PM

I'm feeling pinfire of some kind.

Bill DeShivs · April 22, 2019, 11:25 PM

Muzzle loaders are not bored through.
Pinfires are struck from the top.
It's possible it's a Flobert, but more likely a blank gun.

Jim Watson · April 23, 2019, 09:47 AM

It is a "Bonnie Blue" blank pistol made by Hopkins & Allen of Norwich CT in the 1870s.
Flayderman 8A-029.5
Flayderman says it is the scarcest H&A derringer. Even though a blank gun, it is worth a bit of money if you could line up a H&A collector.

mk70ss · April 23, 2019, 11:54 AM

Thank you for all the replies, very helpful people around here!

Drm50 · April 23, 2019, 02:27 PM

I saw a little gun like that and only markings on it were OK. It was bored through but I was convinced it was a toy. From pins it was same, hammer & trigger axels and one flat spring.
Only hammer was flat. The OPs looks like a Rim Fire hammer. Marlin made a OK derringer but wasn't what I was looking at.

April 22, 2019, 04:26 PM	#1
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April 22, 2019, 05:04 PM	#2
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,984	If the barrel is not bored through, I would say it's an early cap gun. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

April 22, 2019, 05:38 PM	#3
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,598	It is bored through, it’s a smooth bore though. __________________ Say when.....

April 22, 2019, 06:15 PM	#4
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,984	Then it's a kid's blank pistol. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

April 22, 2019, 06:20 PM	#5
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 8,783	Interesting and pretty neat !!! mk70ss No, I do not know but my SWAG on this is that it is a M/L pistol. Probably a "Muff-Pistol". Sure wish I could see a picture of what is below the hammer head on the frame. …. Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

April 22, 2019, 07:51 PM	#6
Marty8613 Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2014 Location: Grapevine TX Posts: 378	I’m thinking a Flobert. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

April 22, 2019, 09:14 PM	#7
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	I'm feeling pinfire of some kind. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

April 22, 2019, 11:25 PM	#8
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,984	Muzzle loaders are not bored through. Pinfires are struck from the top. It's possible it's a Flobert, but more likely a blank gun. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

April 23, 2019, 09:47 AM	#9
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,541	It is a "Bonnie Blue" blank pistol made by Hopkins & Allen of Norwich CT in the 1870s. Flayderman 8A-029.5 Flayderman says it is the scarcest H&A derringer. Even though a blank gun, it is worth a bit of money if you could line up a H&A collector.

April 23, 2019, 11:54 AM	#10
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,598	Thank you for all the replies, very helpful people around here! __________________ Say when..... Last edited by mk70ss; April 23, 2019 at 02:17 PM.

April 23, 2019, 02:27 PM	#11
Drm50 Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2014 Posts: 1,380	I saw a little gun like that and only markings on it were OK. It was bored through but I was convinced it was a toy. From pins it was same, hammer & trigger axels and one flat spring. Only hammer was flat. The OPs looks like a Rim Fire hammer. Marlin made a OK derringer but wasn't what I was looking at.