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Does any of you guys collect antique European pocket revolvers Velodog style etc? Is there any classified as that in Canada? I read that they are in .320 European, 8mm Lebel, 5.75 Velodog and others...
is there any ever on EE? What would be the value of one...interesting little guns. I see the .32 spur trigger rimfires often, but i dont like the nickel guns that much.
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These little guys turn up from time to time. Like any antique cartridge revolver, price is whatever the market will bear.
 
These are 3 .320s that i have all 3 have Belgian pre 1893 proof marks top one is suppose to be original blue but i think it must have been reblued i haven't fired it yet because timing is off a tiny bit,but it is in like new condition.

2nd one I've fired a lot and it's getting pretty worn out


3rd is the only .320 top break I've seen i don't think i would ever sell this one it's in like new condition also.

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rgbai said:
3rd is the only .320 top break I've seen i don't think i would ever sell this one it's in like new condition also.
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Gorgeous revolver !...:cool:....

It looks - to me - like a type of S&W clone ?

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Cool. Any chance for photos when you got time? Some advice would be great...
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Will do most probably Sat. night :yingyang: , and reloading is usually accomplished (for me :D ) with .32 ACP materials (except for the bullets, of course: .312 vs. .317 for that barrel ! :redface: )...

It's always worthwhile to see if brass of .32 ACP or .32 S&W short or other .32 centrefire will fit in the the cylinder; .320 brass is a 'lil difficult to find somethimes :( , and thinning .32 ACP brass - while not difficult - is an additional step....:wave:
 
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i compared the .320, .32 short colt and 32sw. 32 long and 32 webley on the chart...I heard that .32 long and 32 webley .32 short colt may fit but bullets are bit larger...what do you do for bullets? 32 sw and ACP brass are bit big.
anyone have 6 pieces of .32 short colt brass or ammo i can buy to try when i get the gun?
 
I don't collect these revolvers.
This one has been kicking around my house for over 50 years.
Belgian Bulldog...I suspect.
I know nothing about them, and I don't know when it was manufactured.

David

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the proofmark on the side of the cylinder indicates it was made before 1893


drm3m said:
I don't collect these revolvers.
This one has been kicking around my house for over 50 years.
Belgian Bulldog...I suspect.
I know nothing about them, and I don't know when it was manufactured.

David

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Thanks rgbai....I had no idea what the vintage was of this little revolver.
My Father brought it home back in the 1950s with a full box of cartridges which were chucked because of their age.
I have no idea where he got it.
I have not thought about this gun for many years.

David

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My Dad gave me this revolver after he cut off the firing pin....I must have been a little more than 10 years old at that time.....a long time ago.

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Although, not a revolver, I was given this Bayard pistol by my Dad around the same time.(1950s)
The firing pin was gone but it was part of my intoduction to collecting guns.
My Father was ultra careful when it came to gun safety.....and I think I have become even more so.

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As time went on the guns changed....as a young guy.

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Winchester Model .9422.
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Then things changed.....the life of a Milsurp collector.

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This is my Belgian .320 velodog-style revolver with a five-chambered cylinder. It's pretty small! It bears the crowned E-L-G oval but other markings date its manufacture to 1893-1897 according to my communications with Alain at www.littlegun.be

These are great little guns, bicycle-attacking dogs beware!

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Thanks for your interest drslav.
I think I will hold on to this little revolver for nostalgia reasons.
It was one of the first pieces in my collection given to me by my Father a long time ago.

David
 
drm3m said:
My Father brought it home back in the 1950s with a full box of cartridges which were chucked because of their age.
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Ikes !.....:eek:.......

If you ever get another opportunity to find old cartridges like that (and you're not going to keep 'em whole as a collector) :yingyang: , definitely at least try to (a) pull the bullets, (b) soak/render inoperable the primers and kick 'em out, and (c) keep and re-use the brass !....:wave:

I have some very old Kynoch .320 British cartridges, but I just keep them for measurements of OAL. It was great to see that these old cartridges were boxer primed :D , and so the brass is reusable with small-pistol primers if the cartridges were to be torn-down into their components....:redface:
 
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