Belgian Pinfire Revolver ID help?

walldj45 · September 30, 2010, 09:09 PM

I locally bought an old revolver. It appears to be a pinfire black powder revolver. It is single action only and appears to be ~45 caliber. The only markings are on the right side in front of the cylinder. They read this:
BREVETE
SGDG
*ER*

It appears very similar to some Belgian french (Lefaucheux) pin-fires i see online. If anyone could provide help with Maker, value, age or rarity it would be helpful.

walldj45 · September 30, 2010, 09:10 PM

arcticap · October 1, 2010, 04:02 AM

Here's an article detailing some of the long history of pinfire guns:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/French.....-a0206957028

bedbugbilly · October 1, 2010, 09:23 AM

walldi45 - what you have is a "rare old pinfire boat anchor" - you'd probably have to pay a scrapyard to take it - so why don't you just box it up and send it to me? I'll reimburse the postage!

JUST KIDDING!!!! This is an interesting revolver and it looks like it is in decent shape as well. I've never been in to pinfire guns - owned a small pinfire double barrel side by side pistol one time though. But - the more I see of these, the more I really like them. You run across pinfire revolvers once in a while and I think they'd be interesting to collect. I think some of the smaller folding trigger ones are interesting as well. I wish I could help out with some info on this but will just have to settle for saying that it's a nice looking revolver and I hope you can find something out on it and that you'll let us know. Good luck and treasure it as it is interesting! Sincerely, bedbug

sebou · October 2, 2010, 10:47 AM

hello
It's look like a Mariette revovler, but i'm not sure. However, it looks very nice and rare. I did some seek before to post to you some informations, but i didn't found anything yet.
Are you sure of the mention *ER*
Belgium proof mark is "ELG"
Seb

Hawg · October 2, 2010, 06:48 PM

It doesn't look like a Lefaucheux. Sebou may be right.

September 30, 2010, 09:09 PM	#1
walldj45 Junior Member Join Date: June 8, 2010 Location: mid michigan Posts: 4	Belgian Pinfire Revolver ID help? I locally bought an old revolver. It appears to be a pinfire black powder revolver. It is single action only and appears to be ~45 caliber. The only markings are on the right side in front of the cylinder. They read this: BREVETE SGDG ER It appears very similar to some Belgian french (Lefaucheux) pin-fires i see online. If anyone could provide help with Maker, value, age or rarity it would be helpful.

September 30, 2010, 09:10 PM	#2
walldj45 Junior Member Join Date: June 8, 2010 Location: mid michigan Posts: 4	More pics

October 1, 2010, 09:23 AM	#4
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	walldi45 - what you have is a "rare old pinfire boat anchor" - you'd probably have to pay a scrapyard to take it - so why don't you just box it up and send it to me? I'll reimburse the postage! JUST KIDDING!!!! This is an interesting revolver and it looks like it is in decent shape as well. I've never been in to pinfire guns - owned a small pinfire double barrel side by side pistol one time though. But - the more I see of these, the more I really like them. You run across pinfire revolvers once in a while and I think they'd be interesting to collect. I think some of the smaller folding trigger ones are interesting as well. I wish I could help out with some info on this but will just have to settle for saying that it's a nice looking revolver and I hope you can find something out on it and that you'll let us know. Good luck and treasure it as it is interesting! Sincerely, bedbug __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

October 2, 2010, 10:47 AM	#5
sebou Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2010 Location: France Posts: 108	hello It's look like a Mariette revovler, but i'm not sure. However, it looks very nice and rare. I did some seek before to post to you some informations, but i didn't found anything yet. Are you sure of the mention ER Belgium proof mark is "ELG" Seb Last edited by sebou; October 2, 2010 at 10:56 AM.

October 1, 2010, 04:02 AM	#3
arcticap Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2005 Location: Central Connecticut Posts: 3,166	Here's an article detailing some of the long history of pinfire guns: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/French.....-a0206957028

October 2, 2010, 06:48 PM	#6
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	It doesn't look like a Lefaucheux. Sebou may be right.