I recently got a double barrel break action pistol marked Casa Paulino Garcia Rio De Janeiro at a gun show. It's marked cal .380 L. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it? a 9mm cartridge fits in the chamber, but does not engage the extractor, and a 38 S&W will not seat. IT's a non firing weapon, but I'd like to know what it used to fire. What era it was from and who sold it, as there are no import marks.
Brazilian double barrel
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Something like this?
Almost certainly Belgian made. Check for proof marks and such. Casa Paulino Garcia Rio De Janeiro was a reatiler not a gun maker.
http://www.littlegun.be/ma_collection/belgique/be abcde/a be dumoulin francois gb.htm
380 L Cal is the .375" 380 Revolver Long. Possibly the .380 Long used in British Rook Rifles, and somewhat similar to the 38 Long Colt.
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Brazilian Double Barrel sounds like the perfect title to a “movie”....
Brazilian Double Barrel sounds like the perfect title to a “movie”....
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Or a song from Dave and Ansel Collins.....
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How about Garrucha Pistola?
Common in Brazil and Argentina.
The legend is that revolvers and autos were expensive and restricted there in the early 20th; a cheap double barrel was the workaround.
The one in the picture is a deluxe version.
Common in Brazil and Argentina.
The legend is that revolvers and autos were expensive and restricted there in the early 20th; a cheap double barrel was the workaround.
The one in the picture is a deluxe version.
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A common pistol in most of Brazil today, usually unregistered and kept for last-ditch personal protection. The Rossi group made these in the 1920s in Brazil. .380 CF is probably the British .380 "Rook" cartridge a close copy of the .38 short (or Long) Colt. .38 Short Colt is a short (.765") .38 special cartridge loaded with a heeled bullet that is "outside lubricated".: The heeled part measures about .357 and fits easily into the case up to the expanded nose portion which measures .375. The original load was about 10 grains of black powder. The .38 "Long" Colt was loaded with 15 grains of black powder and the same heeled bullet. Once the .38 Long Colt was adopted b the US military in 1892, the bullet diameter was reduced to .357 and "inside lubricated." The British .380 Rook cartridge retained the older .357/375 heeled bullet.
Those have come up time and time again here. They are not terribly valuable but make for a neat conversation piece or display gun.
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