Old Gun I Think?

[NorCal 6er]

Found this by an old mining town 1850's called Aqua Fria
it is 9 inchs long rusted real bad down about 4 inchs
I was using my GMT and it only read about 50 like a brass shell casing
made the hole bigger but could not find any other parts
is it an old gun or?

TIA
Joe

 

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[stoney56]

Looks like it might be part of an old Pepperbox pistol. Nice find. 8)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ordinal/109617151/

 

[aa battery]

Wow it does look like a Pepperbox.

 

[stoney56]

Info from: http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page.asp?ID=348

The solid cylinder of metal, machined from a single block of steel features 6 bores or barrels, known as the barrel group (A), and is mounted on a rod (B) which screws into the standing breech (L) on the frame, located beneath the hammer (F). The barrel group rotates around the rod and is secured to it by one pan-headed screw at the muzzle end.

KEY
A Barrel group (6 bore)
B Central rod
C Nipple (vent hole)
D Trigger
E Trigger guard
F Bar hammer
G Trigger/hammer mechanisms (hatched)
H Frame
I Trigger spring
J Main spring showing fracture
K Screw & nut assembly
L Breech (dotted)

 

[junkdigger]

That's it! Six quick shots for the claim jumpers!

 

[NorCal 6er]

Thanks Stoney,
I wish I could have found more of it I think I'll go back and search with my XLT.
hope I can find the barrel.

Thanks again Stoney

Joe

 

[EDDE]

That's it! Six quick shots for the claim jumpers!

or six at one time

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Wow it IS a pepperbox!!! Too bad you didn't find the rest of it.....maybe it's nearby.

Cool Find!!!

-SgtSki

 

[El Cooter]

Way to go! Nothin better than a neat relic to set your mind motion, wondering the history. That was probably Mrs. Trabucco's . See you Sunday


Cooter

 

[marshall2702]

nice find looks just like the one from the bottom left of this page

 

[ivan salis]

hummm 1857 allen & thurber .36 cal 6 shot cap and ball pepper box---(they were prone to chain firing sometimes firing all 6 barrels at once / and even sometimes "blowing" up upon firing -- that might be why the barrel is missing and the rods bent) who knows it might have seen civil war action ? the later more powerful 1858 remington and 1860 colt pistols (44 cal and not prone to chain firing) made them old fashioned rather quickly one they came on the market -- they closed shop by mid 1860's (end of the civil war)

 

[imafishingnutt]

SWEET FIND
id go back again and again till your sure dig every hit
WAY NICE FIND MAN