✅ SOLVED is this an Old Toy Gun

[Randy769]

Is this an old toy gun or something else. It was found at an old home site that I have dug several round balls and 3 ringers..This item was approx 4 to 6 inches deep

 

[Tony in SC]

I was going to say cap mechanisim from a toy rifle, but breeze has a good idea, Tony

I watched Gone With The Wind the other night. We lost again!!

 

[Breezie]

I was going to say cap mechanisim from a toy rifle, but breeze has a good idea, Tony

I watched Gone With The Wind the other night. We lost again!!

Tony, I feel your pain! Breezie

 

[mick56]

It looks like die-cast material. Does a magnet stick to it?

 

[nhbenz]

I believe you are correct, it looks a lot like a feeding mechanism from a cap gun (or rifle, but the same mechanism can be used in either in some cases). Here's one in a pistol, which although not a match, gives the general idea, and notes that the same was used in the Nichols tommy gun (scroll down a bit on page); Kusan Toy Cap Gun Scrapbook
i think the parts in your other thread "are these gun parts?" could be from the same item. Were they found in the same proximity?

 

[tamrock]

Does look like what's left of a old cap gun. How sad I got when I ran out of caps and mom wouldn't buy me more or the no good piece a crap fell apart. Life when your out a bullets and your gun fell apart...Thanks for that memory!

 

[bradyboy]

Im also going with the cap gun theory
Brady

 

[ModernMiner]

Tony, I feel your pain! Breezie

LOL. That may be true, but the South won the recent war. I'm referring to the Duck Dynasty of course.
-MM-

 

[Breezie]

Benz is correct. It is the cap chamber of some type of Luger cap gun. Good eye! I'll delete my other post as not to cause in confusion for future readers.


Breezie