QUESTION ABOUT AN OLD REVEOLVER

MOONED

My friend came up to me the other day with an old revolver, hoping I could tell him who the manufacturer was. Unfortunately, there is no name anywhere that I can find. It is a 6 shot, with a fold-down trigger. It also has no hammer and the barrel is about three inches in length. The grips are a hard plastic appearance simillar to other revolvers of that era, but have a dogs head at the top of the grip. Something like a setter or bird dog. I say that only because of the short ears. The gun actually reminds me of a S&W 1 & 1/2, at tleast there are a lot of similarities except on a smaller scale.

Any advice or opinions would be great. Thanks

Bert H.

It sounds like it might be an old Harrington & Richardson.

11b6r

Is it possible that the critter w/ short ears was an owl?

hrf

H&R didn't make a hammerless revolver with fold down trigger Bert. Sounds like a typical Belgian example; look for the ELG in an oval proofmark on rear of cylinder between two chambers.

glabray

A photo or two sure would help. Fold-down triggers are not all that common on American made old revolvers. They were a little more common on European guns. American Arms made a few and so did Iver Johnson but neither bear much of a resemblance to a S&W 1 1/2 tip up or tip down gun. Dog's head grips were a trademark of Merwin Hulbert & Company. Most of their guns were made for them by Hopkins & Allen. However, again there isn't much resemblance to a 1 1/2 and they are almost always well marked on the top of the barrel or the left side below the cylinder or both.

hrf

If the cylinder looks extra long in proportion to rest of gun it's probably the type called VeloDog, and that would account for the dog's head on grips. They used an extra long small caliber European cartridge and were supposedly for bicycle riders to fend off pesky dogs.

hrf

Is this it?

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/printthread.php?Board=handguns&main=29319&type=post

bobski

sounds like a river boat gamblers vest gun.

MOONED

quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
Is it possible that the critter w/ short ears was an owl?


No, not an owl. Thanks for your help

MOONED

quote:Originally posted by hrf
Is this it?

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/printthread.php?Board=handguns&main=29319&type=post



Thanks a bunch. That is it.

MOONED

quote:Originally posted by glabray
A photo or two sure would help. Fold-down triggers are not all that common on American made old revolvers. They were a little more common on European guns. American Arms made a few and so did Iver Johnson but neither bear much of a resemblance to a S&W 1 1/2 tip up or tip down gun. Dog's head grips were a trademark of Merwin Hulbert & Company. Most of their guns were made for them by Hopkins & Allen. However, again there isn't much resemblance to a 1 1/2 and they are almost always well marked on the top of the barrel or the left side below the cylinder or both.


THANKS FOR YOUR HELP