Please help me identify - The Firearms Forum

l. h. kimble · 12-16-2011, 08:41 PM

I was given the following about fifty years ago. I still have no idea what it is. Barrel is brass and seems too light to fire a shot. Pictures included. There are no identifying letters or numbers.

StoneChimney · 12-17-2011, 06:44 AM

Looks like it could be a flare pistol.

BillM · 12-17-2011, 09:04 AM

Possibly a line throwing gun--not the arrow launcher type, but
the kind that launches a rocket like a Schermuly.

Maybe it is a signal rocket launcher?

What does the hammer hit when it falls? I don't se a nipple for a cap---does it impact
something that sticks through from the barrel?

l. h. kimble · 12-19-2011, 06:36 PM

yes it does have a nipple for a cap.

Hawg · 12-19-2011, 08:36 PM

It has a hole behind the trigger and a pulley mounted on the side. It's obviously designed to be fired remotely with a string but I don't see any way of mounting it to anything. Interesting.

The Duke · 12-20-2011, 12:45 AM

My guess is a net gun, used to capture birds or small animals alive...activiated by a trip wire to trigger.

jack404 · 12-20-2011, 01:19 AM

folks came up with lots of things before regulations and anti gun idiots ..

dustydog · 12-20-2011, 02:58 PM

Best bet would be some sort of trap gun.The rod under the barrel with the eye loop probably runs the length of the tube under the barrel,and probably had some sort of way to attach a bait or tripline on the end near the muzzle,rather like the old Furgetter trap gun(was available in .22 and 10 ga.),but homebuilt or a patent model.Mechanism reminds me of the second version of the North & Couch trap pistol.Heard that were popular as a roo trap in Australia,Jack404 may have seen one before they were totally banned.

dustydog · 12-20-2011, 03:00 PM

By the way,what part of the world are you in?Could help to narrow it down,depending on how active the hunting culture was in your area when it was made.

Jim Hauff · 12-21-2011, 11:58 AM

Note the notch in the rear upper part of the trigger guard and the pulley attached to the left side of the stock.

Hawg · 12-21-2011, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Hauff

Note the notch in the rear upper part of the trigger guard and the pulley attached to the left side of the stock.

The notch is in the front.

12-16-2011, 08:41 PM	#1
l. h. kimble Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 2	Please help me identify I was given the following about fifty years ago. I still have no idea what it is. Barrel is brass and seems too light to fire a shot. Pictures included. There are no identifying letters or numbers. Attached Images -->

12-17-2011, 06:44 AM	#2
StoneChimney Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,087	Re: Please help me identify Looks like it could be a flare pistol. __________________ Full service gunsmithing and firearm manufacturing shop. Licensed FFL 07/02 Manufacturer. Visit our website!

12-17-2011, 09:04 AM	#3
BillM V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Amity Orygun Posts: 380	Re: Please help me identify Possibly a line throwing gun--not the arrow launcher type, but the kind that launches a rocket like a Schermuly. Maybe it is a signal rocket launcher? What does the hammer hit when it falls? I don't se a nipple for a cap---does it impact something that sticks through from the barrel? Last edited by BillM; 12-17-2011 at 09:06 AM..

12-19-2011, 06:36 PM	#4
l. h. kimble Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 2	Re: Please help me identify yes it does have a nipple for a cap.

12-19-2011, 08:36 PM	#5
Hawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,558	Re: Please help me identify It has a hole behind the trigger and a pulley mounted on the side. It's obviously designed to be fired remotely with a string but I don't see any way of mounting it to anything. Interesting.

12-20-2011, 12:45 AM	#6
The Duke Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NW Louisiana Posts: 813	Re: Please help me identify My guess is a net gun, used to capture birds or small animals alive...activiated by a trip wire to trigger. __________________ Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

12-20-2011, 01:19 AM	#7
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Please help me identify folks came up with lots of things before regulations and anti gun idiots ..

12-20-2011, 02:58 PM	#8
dustydog V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 206	Re: Please help me identify Best bet would be some sort of trap gun.The rod under the barrel with the eye loop probably runs the length of the tube under the barrel,and probably had some sort of way to attach a bait or tripline on the end near the muzzle,rather like the old Furgetter trap gun(was available in .22 and 10 ga.),but homebuilt or a patent model.Mechanism reminds me of the second version of the North & Couch trap pistol.Heard that were popular as a roo trap in Australia,Jack404 may have seen one before they were totally banned. __________________ EVOLVE,D**N IT! "Lee,you are a man without a country.A gun loving,agnostic,Objectivist social liberal that beleves in personal responsibility.Let's go shoot."Jim Kiley,co-founder of the New England Lead Biscuit Society,1992

12-20-2011, 03:00 PM	#9
dustydog V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 206	Re: Please help me identify By the way,what part of the world are you in?Could help to narrow it down,depending on how active the hunting culture was in your area when it was made. __________________ EVOLVE,D**N IT! "Lee,you are a man without a country.A gun loving,agnostic,Objectivist social liberal that beleves in personal responsibility.Let's go shoot."Jim Kiley,co-founder of the New England Lead Biscuit Society,1992

12-21-2011, 11:58 AM	#10
Jim Hauff Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 2,980	Re: Please help me identify Note the notch in the rear upper part of the trigger guard and the pulley attached to the left side of the stock. __________________ Jim Hauff ~ H&R Collector In Memory of Bill Goforth and Jim Ritchie