Gun parts found at beach

[Arthur Neto]

Hi guys

A friend dug this gun mechanism at a local beach... can someone help ID it?

Thanks!

 

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[parsonwalker]

Very cool! With that unusual lever, somebody will soon tell you exactly what it is!

 

[DCMatt]

It looks like the business parts of a late 19th Century single shot Belgian parol pistol that I own. I'm sure one of the gun guys will chime in to give more specifics.

DCMatt

 

[DCMatt]

Belgian folding 410 shotgun?



DCMatt

 

[tamrock]

Is the firing pin a center fire or rim fire?...It look like a small gun compared to your thumb & finger.

 

[BosnMate]

It was probably a .410. The lever pushed the barrel forward to load and unload. My first thought was they didn't make the gun in .22, then I got to
doubting myself on that, and I just don't know for sure. I've only seen one gun like it, and a photo of another, and they were shot guns. I also think
there was a very early breech loading rifle that used the same principal of the lever to push the barrel forward, but my hardened arteries aren't letting
enough blood into my brain to allow it to use the recall feature, so I'm at a dead stop there. Perhaps someone else has a better memory.

 

[parsonwalker]

Looks like DC Matt nailed it . . .

 

[cti4sw]

. . . as usual

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Great ID Matt!