mystery gun

[A square 10]

a friend owns it , got it from a relative who brought it back from the pacific islands after WWII , anybody have any thoughts ?

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[browningautorifle]

Not really that mysterious...they made a great deal of variations of this gun and they were used from Civil war on...plus some. This site has them and they aren't expensive...but they aren't Japanese marked... COLT FLUTED CYLINDER ARMY REVOLVER

Here's another that's the other side of expensive...

E. Lefaucheux 12 mm D.A. Pinfire Revolver Engraved

[Brit plumber]

With Belgian proof marks.

[browningautorifle]

Not surprising...

Lefaucheux M1858 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Anzac15]

A guy at a gun show about 6 months ago had about eight of these Belgian revolvers laid out on a table. Some had makers marks, all had Japanese (or Chinese) characters on them. I thought they were really interesting, and should have bought one. Of course the guy selling them didn't know any info about them. Really neat revolver there!

[Victor Six Bravo]

Pinfires made it to some odd places in the world. Never seen one with Japanese markings, but it doesn't surprise me.

[Peter Laidler]

Anyone know what the Japanese writing says?

[Brit plumber]

MADE IN BELGIUM

[browningautorifle]

Not English made...

[A square 10]

thanks folks , i did get the translation , its not so hard to understand when its explained , rack number kind of info , i do appreciate all the help , these are really out of my interest but friends need to know inspired me to ask , these are kinda interesting pieces ,