Les found an old gun!

[RTD-Tech]

My mothers boyfriend works on an old farm and found this while cleaning up some weeds.

Any suggestions on how to safely clean and unload it. If it is loaded.

Any guesses as to how old it might be?

 

[A2coins]

Cool find be careful unloading that badboy getting the cylinder loose would be the hard part

 

[thrifty76now]

i don't know about age,but from the looks of it appears to look like a cap gun.

 

[DocBeav]

Throw it in some apple cider vinegar and let it soak a few days. Pull it out and wire brush it some. Throw it back in and repeat. That will get the rust off and let you know if its real or a toy.

Based on it's condition, I wouldn't worry TOO much about any rounds in it if it is real but point it away from you and others when cleaning....just in case!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Are you sure it's a real revolver? It looks like a cast or stamped toy. More pics, can't tell how big it is. Next to that lamp cord it looks small.

 

[Fullstock]

Yes, it looks like an old cap gun. Still a nice find though

 

[RTD-Tech]

I'll try to get some better pictures when I get home in a few days.
My wife says it has weight, like a real gun, but they probably made them better back in the day.

 

[chub]

could be cast iron. old kilgore perhaps

v
chub

 

[Hawks88]

Nice old gun find. Congrats

 

[Rookster]

No trigger guard. Kinda looks like a toy to me but you won't know till some corrosion comes off and you can see in the cylinder(Very carefully). Nice find.