Pistol I.D. please

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Dmitry

Looks like a cut-down rifle breach.

I would say this is surely from a pistol; look at the barrel with its sight ... in all integrity.
Fernando

[fernando]

Can you open it?
Sideways ... upways ?
And then take a picture?
Fernando

[Dmitry]

Originally Posted by fernando

I would say this is surely from a pistol; look at the barrel with its sight ... in all integrity.
Fernando

Rear sight for a rifle barrel.

[Ian Knight]

Thanks guys. I think you are correct Dmitry. The barrel appears to have been cut down to turn a rifle into a pistol. The sight does have a 'V' cut in it.
I have taken it apart but I will have to wait until daylight to take a decent photo. The hammer strikes against a pin which passes through a hole in the the breech. The breech can be swiveled up to load by means of a little handle on the right side of the breech. The hammer has got two cocked positions.

Ian

[Dmitry]

Originally Posted by Ian Knight

The hammer strikes against a pin which passes through a hole in the the breech. The breech can be swiveled up to load by means of a little handle on the right side of the breech. The hammer has got two cocked positions.

Ian

Sounds like a Flobert rifle.

[Ian Knight]

That's it Dmitry. I have checked similar examples online.
Thanks for your help.
Ian

[fernando]

Originally Posted by fernando

I would say this is surely from a pistol; look at the barrel with its sight ... in all integrity.
Fernando

So i was blind
Fernando