Pinfire cylinder?

[RustyRelic]

Found at cavalry site. 5 round, very little holes. 22 maybe? Would like to hear your opinions. One side of the cylinder the holes are smaller.

 

[UCVRelics]

The reason for the bigger end is that it was a rim fire.

 

[RustyRelic]

Do you think it's period or post wartime? Either way it's cool and I need to see if I can find anymore of it. I remember the small area with a lot of signals. That's my goal next time is to hopefully find the rest of it.

 

[JackADriscoll]

Do you think it's period or post wartime? Either way it's cool and I need to see if I can find anymore of it. I remember the small area with a lot of signals. That's my goal next time is to hopefully find the rest of it.

.22 rimfire was invented in 1857 as the .22 short. My thought without support is 1880s

 

[Story]

Something smaller left inside the smaller diameter chambers - like the walls of a cartridge. What's the I.D. of .32 rimfire brass?

 

[RustyRelic]

Someone told me I need to measure it like this

 

[JackADriscoll]

Ok could be a flobert type parlour pistol

 

[scooter748driver]

Didn't Smith & Wesson offer a 22 caliber pistol (model 1?) before the war?

 

[RustyRelic]

So this type without trigger guard? I've had a lot of mixed opinions some even said it could been a pellet gun

 

[bobinwmass]

Both the Smith & Wessom Model 1 and the Allen & Wheelock side hammer .22 rimfire had 7 shot cylinders, so can rule them out. There are a variety of .22 rimfire pocket revolvers, not sure which had 6 hole cylinders (photo shows 6 but your written description says 5). Uhlinger did have one with 6 holes.

 

[RustyRelic]

Both the Smith & Wessom Model 1 and the Allen & Wheelock side hammer .22 rimfire had 7 shot cylinders, so can rule them out. There are a variety of .22 rimfire pocket revolvers, not sure which had 6 hole cylinders (photo shows 6 but your written description says 5). Uhlinger did have one with 6 holes.

My mistake on the 5 rounds