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September 03, 2010
A Different Kind of "Ring Pop"
By Chad Love
There are unique guns, there are really unique guns and then there are "what-the-hell!?" guns. Guess which category this one falls into (hat tip to the Suburban Bushwacker for the find).
A RARE 4mm PINFIRE SIX-SHOT RING PISTOL, MODEL 'LE PETIT PROTECTOR', circa 1865, comprising of a small hand-rotated blued cylinder attached to a nickel-silver ring, the ring engraved with 'LE PETIT PROTECTOR' around the circumference together with two bands of floral engraving, concealed, manually cocked hammer and trigger, the whole in fine condition retaining nearly all its original finish TOGETHER WITH a flip-top jewellery-style blue leatherette covered box, an inlaid white metal plaque to the top of the lid engraved 'LE PETIT PROTECTOR', the inside lined in off-white satin and maroon velvet, compartmented in the continental style with locations for the pistol, six rounds of ammunition (missing), and a small blued turn-screw. Estimate £2,000-3,000
Imagine that: finger bling that goes finger blam. It's very cool piece of steampunkish design art, but unless I was being charged by a crazed rodent I wouldn't stake my life on the "Le Petit Protector."
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Comments (10)
LOL cheers for the mention Chad - glad you liked it, plenty more 'outdoors oddness' to come.
SBW
I can't afford to buy things so expensive that don't have any real use to me, but if I were a collector with money to burn, that would be really cool to own!
seems kinda impotent against most serious threats. but i do respect the engineering and craftsmanship involved.
and it is pretty neat.
What no test firing, no ballistics data? I can understand that 4mm pinfire cartriges are likely not even in "The Old Western Scrounger's" catalogue, but show me a gun, especially a gimcrack from the 19th century and I wanna know what it can do! 4mm, that is what BB shot? I bet we could fab up some brass for it, about a single grain of powder, the testing jig so nobodies finger gets blown off would be interesting to figure out...
Actually the thing looks like It would be an effective head thumper even unloaded.
that doesn't look like it would be very comfortable to shoot. would probably hurt the shooter more than the one being shot.
I like Bella's idea - get four of 'em and you have a set of brass knuckles!
hey look at my new ring pop pop pop im so sorry i didnt mean to shot you
French? !
Adds another whole new concept to "up close and personal"!
Where you gonna shoot 'em? In the eye?
I suppose a shot to the genital region might get someone's attention long enough to hatch up and carry out an escape plan!
But then, wouldn't a knee do just as well? ...and you wouldn't have to worry about blowing your brains out when you picked your nose!!!
Bubba
That's what those tacky biker rings are for. Instant knuckles.
jakenbake wrote:
"I like Bella's idea - get four of 'em and you have a set of brass knuckles!"
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hey look at my new ring pop pop pop im so sorry i didnt mean to shot you
LOL cheers for the mention Chad - glad you liked it, plenty more 'outdoors oddness' to come.
SBW
I can't afford to buy things so expensive that don't have any real use to me, but if I were a collector with money to burn, that would be really cool to own!
seems kinda impotent against most serious threats. but i do respect the engineering and craftsmanship involved.
and it is pretty neat.
What no test firing, no ballistics data? I can understand that 4mm pinfire cartriges are likely not even in "The Old Western Scrounger's" catalogue, but show me a gun, especially a gimcrack from the 19th century and I wanna know what it can do! 4mm, that is what BB shot? I bet we could fab up some brass for it, about a single grain of powder, the testing jig so nobodies finger gets blown off would be interesting to figure out...
Actually the thing looks like It would be an effective head thumper even unloaded.
that doesn't look like it would be very comfortable to shoot. would probably hurt the shooter more than the one being shot.
I like Bella's idea - get four of 'em and you have a set of brass knuckles!
French? !
Adds another whole new concept to "up close and personal"!
Where you gonna shoot 'em? In the eye?
I suppose a shot to the genital region might get someone's attention long enough to hatch up and carry out an escape plan!
But then, wouldn't a knee do just as well? ...and you wouldn't have to worry about blowing your brains out when you picked your nose!!!
Bubba
That's what those tacky biker rings are for. Instant knuckles.
jakenbake wrote:
"I like Bella's idea - get four of 'em and you have a set of brass knuckles!"
Post a Comment