🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Cap gun cylinder?

[Nathan W]

Found several toy guns but this one is heavy and encrusted. Just wanted to see if it was a toy for sure

 

[Limitool]

It kind of looks like a real cylinder for a gun that used .22 shorts.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Looks real to me. What is the hole i.d., using your calipers to measure?

 

[Nathan W]

Hope I'm doing this right

 

[pepperj]

Hope I'm doing this right

Stick theater caliper ends in the biggest hole.
Looks real to me.

 

[Nathan W]

Stick theater caliper ends in the biggest hole.
Looks real to me.

It says 2.1

 

[pepperj]

It says 2.1

Just realized spell correct took over.🤣
Cool recovery 😎

 

[Nathan W]

Just realized spell correct took over.🤣
Cool recovery 😎

Like you said know the sites secrets , I remember the spot I found this so I'm going to dig the iron around it maybe get lucky with more of it

 

[Nathan W]

I guess it's hard to date the range on it. I've found everything from early 1800s-1960s at this site

 

[releventchair]

N.A.A. mini mag .22 revolver holds 5 rounds. And small as they are your cylinder looks smaller.(?)

Pinfire revolvers will take you down a rabbit hole but did have some tiny dimensions of loads.
[The bullet diameter for pinfire pistols can vary, with some modern novelty miniature pinfire pistols manufactured in calibers as small as 2 to 3 millimeters in diameter1. For example, a bullet diameter of .292 inches or 7.417 millimeters with a weight of 63 grains is used in some pinfire pistols2. Another example is a bullet diameter of 11.81mm, which matches the caliber of certain cartridges and gun bore3.]

 

[Nathan W]

N.A.A. mini mag .22 revolver holds 5 rounds. And small as they are your cylinder looks smaller.(?)

Pinfire revolvers will take you down a rabbit hole but did have some tiny dimensions of loads.
[The bullet diameter for pinfire pistols can vary, with some modern novelty miniature pinfire pistols manufactured in calibers as small as 2 to 3 millimeters in diameter1. For example, a bullet diameter of .292 inches or 7.417 millimeters with a weight of 63 grains is used in some pinfire pistols2. Another example is a bullet diameter of 11.81mm, which matches the caliber of certain cartridges and gun bore3.]

Thanks for the article. That's very cool

 

[Nathan W]

One side of the chamber the holes are smaller than the other side. I'm no firearms expert I don't know what that means

 

[Blackfoot58]

The brass fits in the wider end. The bullet exits via the slightly tighter bore.

 

[Nathan W]

Had someone say it was a rimfire

 

[Limitool]

Had someone say it was a rimfire

.22 shorts...? A cap gun would not need a cylinder.

 

[Almy]

.22 is 5.6mm. 3.7mm is closer to bb (.177" or 4.3mm) size.

 

[searcher]

If the inside of the cylinder chamber is 2.1mm than it's very likely to have come from a 2mm pinfire revolver.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Could you switch the calipers to inch" and then measure inside the hole with the point side of the calipers lol.

 

[Nathan W]

Could you switch the calipers to inch" and then measure inside the hole with the point side of the calipers lol.

Yes when I get home from work

 

[Nathan W]

Yes when I get home from work

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