Found a gun

Probed · Mar 4, 2012

Found this gun at the base of a prominent tree in a large city park. Was 6" down. The front of barrel to back of sight is 4". Any of you gun guys got an Idea of the kinda pistol this is? Joe

Papa Bear · Mar 4, 2012

At that size, its either a 22 or 25 cal.

PB

creskol · Mar 4, 2012

Are you sure it is a gun?

bluehunter1973 · Mar 4, 2012

did you find it in an oyster bed wow thats horrible.

Michellets · Mar 4, 2012

It does have a slight resemblance to a water sprinkler..... Hmmmmmmmm
HH M

Threshold · Mar 4, 2012

wow that thing looks like it has elephantitis!

Henry2 · Mar 4, 2012

Almost resembles a WW2 Liberator pistol :dontknow:

lost hunter · Mar 4, 2012

Az Old Noob · Mar 4, 2012

Henry2 said:
Almost resembles a WW2 Liberator pistol

That was my first thought also.

oldsalty19 · Mar 4, 2012

TheGeorgiaCanuck · Mar 4, 2012

Definitely needs some electrolysis help!

kevkirki · Mar 4, 2012

shock that thing see if some of it peels off....just make sure its not loaded :laughing7:

BosnMate · Mar 4, 2012

Az Old Noob said:
Henry2 said:

Almost resembles a WW2 Liberator pistol

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That was my first thought also.

Me to, but I think it's a cap gun. I seem to recollect a chincey cap pistol on the lines of a Liberator pistol.

flakefinder · Mar 4, 2012

That's one bad looking gun and not in a good way :laughing9:

Probed · Mar 5, 2012

It has the weight of a real gun and there's a magazine well all the way to the chamber, looking at is closely you can see a trigger too.Thinking about doing an electrolysis treatment on it. I have a variable dc power source and can give is as many volts as I want. I usually do my silver at 18 volts. Anyone with rust removal experience on steel? Any suggestions for what the electrolysis solution should be? I usually use salty water.

creskol · Mar 5, 2012

Probed said:
It has the weight of a real gun and there's a magazine well all the way to the chamber, looking at is closely you can see a trigger too.Thinking about doing an electrolysis treatment on it. I have a variable dc power source and can give is as many volts as I want. I usually do my silver at 18 volts. Anyone with rust removal experience on steel? Any suggestions for what the electrolysis solution should be? I usually use salty water.

I am not seeing it .. The magazine well you refer to looks round, as though it went on a pole, and is far too short to be an effective gun grip/handle. It is also appears to be made of cast iron, so at best, it would be a toy gun, but I have my doubts about that, too. It will be interesting to see what emerges from you electrolysis bath.

As far as cleaning it goes, the simplest method might be a simple mixture of molasses and water. I personally have never tried it, but it gets good reviews.