The Original Tactical Handgun

[jbett98]

Someone in the 1800's thought this one up.
It fires upside down and holds a candle inside the lantern.
Shoots a 7mm projectile and is up for sale on Proxibid.

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[Andy54Hawken]

That is quite the pistol. Hard to see from the angle of the pic, but I'm not sure if I see a vent hole in the barrel.
When I read the title of the thread I thought it be about the the black powder revolver vs. single shot pistol.
Andy

 

[Mikej]

First Tactical light, far out! How many lumens do you suppose you get out of that thick glass lens?

 

[jbett98]

Probably just 1.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Haha. I love it.
Classical tactical.

 

[Medic!]

An open flame next to the powder in your pan?

What could go wrong!

 

[Pops1911]

It was all good back then. NO OSHA or ATFE or all the other alphabet agencies designed to make our modern lives more pleasant.

 

[tac]

Someone in the 1800's thought this one up.
It fires upside down and holds a candle inside the lantern.
Shoots a 7mm projectile and is up for sale on Proxibid.

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That there hole looks a LOT bigger than 7mm to me. 7mm is just a tad more than a 1/4 inch...you'd barely get two fingers inside that trigger guard grip part.

tac

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I think it is a made up / prop gun .
I don't see a vent hole and yeah that bore is way bigger than 7mm.
Andy

 

[aksu747]

I think it is a made up / prop gun .
I don't see a vent hole and yeah that bore is way bigger than 7mm.
Andy

Maybe he meant .70 caliber.

 

[Medic!]

Must be .70 caliber.

To convert from millimeter to inch. You need to x buy 4.
So 7mm is about .28 caliber.

That hole is way bigger!

 

[Ura-Ki]

I have a different theory, It may have been used as a fuse lighter in a mining operation! I have seen others kind of like this! I have no idea if this is fact or not, but its sure a cool piece! I bet the Steam Punk crowd would wet there panties over that !

 

[jbett98]

Here's the link where I saw it and the resulting posts about it.
17mm is the supposed caliber.

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_145247695082915&key=690fbe2d449e70ee8bf76294ba285d76&libId=ij9b9qz90100bjqt000DAjsb32hxk&loc=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/11/30/flintlock-weaponlight/&v=1&out=http://www.alloutdoor.com/2015/11/22/tactical-flintlock-own-this-light-equipped-pistol-from-1800/&ref=https://www.google.com&title=POTD: Flintlock Weaponlight - The Firearm Blog&txt=AllOutdoor.com

 

[Ura-Ki]

No vent hole! I enlarged the image to 400x and can clearly see there is no vent hole!

 

[Ura-Ki]

Another thought could be a Ships Hail signal!

 

[Ura-Ki]

The vent hole could be rusted shut but I think this is a pretty good "Prop" or replica and not a real firearm! I collect old naval small arms, edged weapons and tools and this would be fun to copy and make into a real firearm!

 

[erudne]

Steam Punk

 

[Chee-to]

I think Al nailed it;
Al • 2 months ago


It's cobbled junk and a fake, and not circa 1800. The lamp is a post 1881 Dietz
"bullseye" police lamp, that originally had a oil burner instead of the
candle. The light was made years after the flintlock and percussion era were over.