What the Heck is this?

[carnaby]

I have no clue. Anyone?

 

[R33P3R]

yup. that my friend. is a red X.

 

[Smokey Joe]

Identification

Nope, it's a blue square with a question mark. Picture didn't come through.

 

[carnaby]

That oughta fix it. Sorry

 

[THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR]

What frame is that on? I almost want to say Makarov.
Where did you find this picture?

 

[PotatoJudge]

Looks like a 1911 frame with a wrap around grip.

And something stuck on the front.

 

[carnaby]

I found it on a blog with a caption "what the heck is this" so they don't know any more about it than I do.

 

[Correia]

Beats the heck out of me.

The style of construction looks old.

Pulling the handle back on top would appear to retract the slide, and also open the front end of the boxy whatever it is.

Are those vent holes in the side of the big rectangle?

 

[Owen]

it also appears that the slide is locked closed. Some sort of primitive supressor?

 

[Angus Podgorney]

Early model Braun, Pistol-grip shaver...

 

[exar]

Some sort of primitive supressor?

That was my first thought.

 

[Boxerrider]

Mousetrap?!?

 

[1BLINDREF]

Its a gun muzzle

 

[[email protected]]

A really, really cool peppercorn grinder....

 

[esheato]

***? I don't even know what to Google....

Ed

 

[Brian Williams]

The Original JMB Jr. It is a burger grill, it can even do 2 Hotdogs at once. Just pop in a ball of meat, press the front closed, insert round and fire, done in a FLASH.

 

[ZeSpectre]

The last time I saw anything even remotely like this it was an ignitor for a fireworks display. Didn't really look like this though.

 

[RIDE]

I believe that to be a "Barrel Shroud"... You can even see the "Thing that goes up".

 

[Carl N. Brown]

The David Cronenberg Mark IV Videodrome Special?

 

[robear]

Some kind of factory proof-test device?

 

[MilsurpShooter]

Pressure tester? Fire the bullet see if any gas escapes the gun towards the shooter?

 

[geronimotwo]

no no no... this is the diffuser accessory.........used for drying your hair.....hopefully your smart enough to use blanks......

 

[Hawk]

The only handgun lock to obtain Brady approval?

 

[carnaby]

I don't think the Brady's will approve, since it has a handle that conspicuously protrudes above the pistol grip

 

[tanksoldier]

The boxy thing on the front looks like it was designed to lock into something else... and the pistol part looks like it breaks open like a shotgun. The boxy part looks like it has a long horizontal opening in front.

I know that many aircraft engines back in the day used shotgun rounds to get them started. Could this be some sort of device like that?

ie: The ground crew loads a shell in the device, locks it into a port on the side of the engine, fires it off, and the compression starts the engine. After it's running, they then would remove it.