I have a 5.5mm Velo Dog revolver made in France but I have no idea of the age. Apparently these small revolvers were made for bicyclists to fend off attacking dogs, hence the name. The weird thing about this revolver is it has a folding trigger and to fire it you pull the trigger back but it won't fire until you allow the trigger to move slightly forward. I have never fired it and would never attempt to even if I could find the ammo.
I have a 5.5mm Velo Dog revolver made in France but I have no idea of the age. Apparently these small revolvers were made for bicyclists to fend off attacking dogs, hence the name. The weird thing about this revolver is it has a folding trigger and to fire it you pull the trigger back but it won't fire until you allow the trigger to move slightly forward. I have never fired it and would never attempt to even if I could find the ammo.
hemiram - I have one that looks just like yours but has "Cohai" stamped on the side. I believe that means it was used in a military affiliated shooting club. Mine is extremely accurate. Doubtless yours is, too. The Tanfoglio CZ75 copies are very nice pistols, IMHO.
Is that essentially a licensed CZ-75 design?
I also had an AMT Backup... It is the only handgun I have ever sold... I sold it very much for the same reasons you state...I have an AMT Backup.380 that is my most unusual / oddball.
Extremely common cartridge, nothing odd here. But...
It’s extremely miserable to carry or shoot, which was its purpose: heavy weight-for-size, it’s practically sightless, lots of sharp edges (especially the finger-hooked magazine and the slide where it meets the web of your hand), it is unreliable with JHP ammo and has a trigger pull best measured in metric tonnes.
This gun sits lonely in the rear of the safe since I have better carry options and I rarely, if ever, take it out to shoot for “fun.”
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I also had an AMT Backup... It is the only handgun I have ever sold... I sold it very much for the same reasons you state...
Gwinn Bushmaster.View attachment 835208 Not much of a target pistol, it was a bit before its time