Revolver trivia

[Zaydok Allen]

have you ever seen this one?

That's a Beretta prototype revolver. Don't know the name. It was never mass produced. I actually hate seen it before but it also says Beretta on the barrel.. Does that say Mod 1 on there?

 

[Zaydok Allen]

How about this one? It shouldn't be too hard.

44 Hand Ejector?

 

[silicosys4]

That's a triple lock, I'd wager

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

44 Hand Ejector?

You are on the right track. There were several different models of 44 Hand Ejector. Which one is this?

Here is the other side.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

That's a triple lock, I'd wager

Yup.

 

[silicosys4]

This one I'm going to post because it does seem to be a mystery,

"Prototype Handgun, combination of semi-automatic pistol with revolver. Cal. 45 ACP, 5½" barrel, finish in the white, smooth wooden grips, gas operated rotary magazine, self-loading single- and double-action . Extremely interesting as design and construction by an unknown, but knowledgeable craftsman. The only specimen my friends and I have seen. THIS one is pictured in an old catalog WORLD"S GUNS, an advertisement by Golden State, page 192. $3,500."

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Pistols/Semi Auto Revolvers/Prototype/Prototype.html

 

[silicosys4]

and this one

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

and this one

Well, I could tell just from looking that it was some sort of automatic revolver.

How about the Union Automatic Revolver?

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

This one should be easy.


For bonus points, who were the two guys behind the design?

 

[silicosys4]

No trick 'tall, it seems, Nice one, Driftwood. Post #57 is indeed a union automatic revolver.
You nailed that one in all of 15 minutes,

How about this one though?

 

[Zaydok Allen]

S&W Volcanic in post 59 right?

 

[silicosys4]

Driftwood,
That's a Volcanic, according to Wiki, Jennings and Smith improved a design by Hunt to produce that.
I do remember seeing the only one of Hunt's prototypes still existing in the museum in Cody...where the first two pictures of this thread were taken

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Close

A couple of guys named Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson were the movers and shakers behind the Volcanic, before they went on to start a new company for making revolvers.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

How about this one though?

Mauser Zig Zag Revolver?

With the hinged frame?

 

[silicosys4]

Mauser Zig Zag Revolver?

With the hinged frame?

yup, that's the one
You must be warmed up now, taking longer for me to find and post them than for you to ID them,

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

How about this one?

Anybody remember them?

 

[silicosys4]

Here's a beauty

 

[silicosys4]

Ahh, the Gyrojet pistol,
Saw one at the last gunshow I went to, they wanted more for the ammo they had than they did for the pistol!

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Yeah, I remember when everybody thought the Gyro Jet was going to be the wave of the future. I attended an auction where one sold last year.

 

[silicosys4]

Here is another one,

 

[AJumbo]

Post #67 looks like a prop from "Blade Runner."

 

[entropy]

How about this aesthetically challenged example?

Pettengill, not sure whether Army or Navy.

Whoops, didn't see Driftwood Johnson had already got that.

Is #67 some sort of Mateba?

 

[silicosys4]

Post #67 is a prototype,
Post#70 is not a Mateba.

 

[fausto]

@460Kodiak yep, beretta 357 mag prototype that never entered production, probably the best revolver never produced as beretta was too busy with their 92's.

 

[fausto]