Stumped!! Cigarette device?

[Bulldigger]

Found at a 1900 farm house. Looks to be gold plating that flaking off. Has a notation on both sides that may move up and down via a spring, though not really sure due to the poor condition. Not sure if it is dirt in the two cylinders or cigarettes!! Just really curious what this may have been and appreciate any help. Thanks!!

 

[vhs07]

Broken double barrel dart gun?

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks to be made of pot metal. I would say toy gun.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

What makes you think it has something to do with cigarettes?Is there something we can't see in the pictures?

 

[75matador315]

it is a hubley dagger derringer. My father has one there pretty cool cap guns.

 

[ivan salis]

its the barrel section off a toy two shot derringer --it used to have 2 plastic bullets that you put a "cap" tore off a roll onto and put them in and close that action and pop - pop two shots --then you used the slide on the side to push up the "shells" for reloading ...

 

[Bulldigger]

Makes sense now! Thanks!! Wonder what the age would be.

 

[AU Seeker]

Makes sense now! Thanks!! Wonder what the age would be.

From a brief research, most sites says this cap gun is from the 1960s, I did see one that said 1950s, but I didn't see any site that documented the dateline with proof, I would say 1960s sounds right.


Edit: I found a page from a online toy book that dates the Hubbley Dagger Derringer to 1958...here's a link to the book page, second toy down on left side of the page.


https://books.google.com/books?id=7...M#v=onepage&q=hubley dagger derringer&f=false

Here's what the gun looked like when it was new and in stores.

 

[ivan salis]

had one in the late 60's as a kid

 

[sutphin]

DERRINGER TOY GUN BARREL HAVE TWO .