Need help identifying a pistol

Interesting. In most respects it looks like a Chamelot-Delvigne M-1873 French
Ordnance Revolver. The manual safety is a bit odd. Look closer for marks. The
French marked darned near every part, and at the minimum the Belgian made
guns will have an oval with E L G in it several places.
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The fluted cylinder would lean it towards the '74 navy---but the lack of markings
and that manual safety is still a puzzler. I'm going to take a GUESS that it is a
Belgian made copy of a Chamelot-Delvigne 73/74 rather than a St. Etienne made
gun.

A commercial variation of the French model 1874 officers revolver. I don't think the model 1874 was exclusively a French navy revolver.

BillM said:

The fluted cylinder would lean it towards the '74 navy---but the lack of markings
and that manual safety is still a puzzler. I'm going to take a GUESS that it is a
Belgian made copy of a Chamelot-Delvigne 73/74 rather than a St. Etienne made
gun.

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I think you are probably right ... the lack of marks , the safety and the workmanship (or lack of) points to the Belgian's .