Mystery pistol in .22lr

[marshall]

I checked and the one I had is the same.

 

[pipeliner]

The name of it is sort of french so it could be made in a french protected of some kind. I take it there is nothing stamped on it anyplace.

I am currently away from home. I do recall removing the grips reaching for a symbol or information only to find the serial number once again.

 

[pipeliner]

I know exactly what that gun is...it's an Ugly.

It was made in a small country in Europe called Ugly.

It was manufactured by the Ugly Brothers and only two were ever built.

They fought over how ugly it was and challenged each other to a duel.

The brother that died in the duel was buried with his gun.

You have the only one left in existence.

Wish I could get me one!

You sir deserve a prize for funny.

 

[pipeliner]

Does a case eject/extract? I love the gun btw and would really like to see more pics of it with the action open and grip panels off...and is that a forestock? How big is this...thing? Do you have anything for a size reference?

Thank you. It does have a shell ejector just like a break action shotgun. I have one picture on my phone together with some other pistols, I will post it. If I were at home I would take some more pictures, I can and will do so when I get home! It's not much larger than a 1911, a bit long.

 

[pipeliner]

I took the liberty of posting the pictures and asking for information on a French Gun forum. Should be interesting.
http://www.tirmaillyforum.com/mildot/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=219195

Thank you for taking time out of your day to help me out! It's appreciated. I don't French so good.

 

[pipeliner]

Don't know a thing about the gun itself, but I suspect that the name on the paperwork is a bit of a mis-spelling.

"Le Moustique" (pronounced roughly like a Maudit Anglo would say "la mustic" ) is French for "The Moskito" - an appropriate enough name for a single shot pistol.

If it's old enough, and there are no maker's marks on the pistol, this kind of mistranslation would be fairly common.

Cheers, good luck in your quest.

That would make sense! Thank you for your input.

 

[pipeliner]

How about a Le Moustic Single shot. Made in France. No manf markings on the gun. Avbl in 250mm, 310mm and 319mm bbl length. FRT 25834. Description states
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Mind=Blown

 

[pipeliner]

http://www.39-45.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=35026

http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/i...tiqueseul-l-etui-est-en-vente,language,F.html

Can copy and paste links into google translate if your french is rusty.

Oh wow, his is in much better condition! One of my welders is French, he oughtta be able to help me out with the translating! Thank you for posting, now I gotta ask. How did you find this? I thought I had googled everything.. I failed.

 

[diopter]

English searches won't help much for posts in other language forums.

 

[pipeliner]

Wonder how it shoots?

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NAA.

It should shoot straight! The barrel had a thick coating similar to cosmoline when I received it. I gave it a little cleaning and the bore looks minty. The sights are very adjustable. I just moved to Alberta, as soon as I pick a gun range I will take it out!

 

[guess_kto]

DaBear for the win!

Le Moustic, produced from 1953-1985

As I mentioned, it looked like a weird child of Walter P38 and flare gun:

After WW2, Walter plant was moved to France, where it made the same guns but under new names.


To compare:

 

[highbeam]

Well that was pretty fast for a good mystery to be solved. I think the gun is actually very cool. I'm not necessarily particular to what others consider ugly guns, but I sure find your pistol interesting.

 

[pipeliner]

Necro thread time, I have decided to sell it if any of you guys want to add it to your collection.