handgun ID - only found the handle

[donkarlos]

Lots of Iron in this beach area. I probably wouldn't even have dug this but it was in plain view. Almost glad it wasn't a whole gun (almost).
Anyway, it is smaller sized but solid metal all the way through. Has a distinct "A" on both sides of the grip, but sort of hard to research. Heavy for its size.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Need an image. By "solid metal" do you mean one solid block of metal or metal frame with holes or hollows that woor grios would have covered?

As far as I know there is no centerfire pistol or revolver that has a full solid metal grip. It's either used to house a magazine or the hammer spring. Earlier flintlock or percussion maybe, but all metal is rare. Scottish pistols used a brass grip.

But, if you have something that has the grip panels cast right in the grip I'd say 95% chance it is a toy pistol.

 

[donkarlos]

 

[releventchair]

It looks like a broken horse shoe,specifically cast for throwing.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Yep. Piece of a Horseshoe for the game Horseshoes. The other team has "B".

 

[donkarlos]

LoL that's awesome

 

[BosnMate]

Great ID, from the picture my firs thought was saw handle, but you guys nailed it.

 

[donkarlos]

Yeah and what kinda nutjob tries to make a gun handle out of a horse shoe anyway??

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

There's a gozillion bits of metal in the soil. Sometimes someone recognizes a bit and sometimes not.