What is this? Help needed!!

[jhobbs2020]

Here is a pic of gun #11 after cleaning

 

[tbuckley]

Very odd looking pistols. I'm no expert but I've never seen front sights like those.

 

[Championhilz]

Those are some strange looking guns - they almost look more like home-made folk art pieces.

 

[Kurt G]

Most of the trigger guards look too small to be practical .

 

[1SG]

backstrap resembles a SNAKE?

 

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[NH Civil War Gal]

Welcome from New Hampshire! Wild group out there in Oklahoma!

 

[Patrick H]

Hmmm... Break open breaches and single shot action. Pretty interesting.

 

[vmicraig]

Keep posting pics as you clean each gun. Fascinating ! Looks like I've been playing around the wrong creeks

 

[zburkett]

WOW! I've never seen one before, but that trigger guard looks like some sort of leaver, possibly to open the breach like a single shot shotgun. You might ask the NRA Museum.

 

[JackADriscoll]

Greetings, what is the bore on these things like? How large would you say?

 

[JackADriscoll]

This particular one strongly feels like a flare gun

 

[OldSarge79]

Do I see some kind of marking on one in the bottom photo on page 1? Something "&D"? That mark is not on the pistol below it.
Are there any markings at all that you can make out?

They don't look like high-quality pistols, maybe local manufacture?

By the way, you're doing a great job cleaning them up.

 

[jhobbs2020]

Update

 

[jhobbs2020]

I own a fire water restoration company, so I am using my ultrasonic machines to clean.

 

[OldSarge79]

None of them are identical. I think you had someone making pistols in the hardware store.

 

[JackADriscoll]

Im ready to declare these home made by the same person. It looks like they use the same type of set screws in all of them. Is this accurate?

 

[jhobbs2020]

This is the only marking I have found so far

 

[7thWisconsin]

Those are the ugliest handguns I have ever seen! I thought the revolver was a Smith & Wesson until I saw it cleaned up. Now I don't even know. Most of them are simple single shot, break action pieces. Not too hard to make in a shop. The odd shapes do speak of being home made to me. Are you sure they're actual shooters and not turn-of-the-century toy guns? I think you stumbled on someones forgotten collection of zip guns!

 

[111thNYSV]

Looks like the steampunk posse decided to throw thier sidearms in the river after the convention...