Daly Arms "Tom Thumb" - A Tiny Ring-Trigger Revolver (Ad-free)
Added 2024-04-27 12:00:02 +0000 UTCThe "Tom Thumb" is a tiny .22 rimfire revolver made in Belgium by an unknown shop and imported into the US to be sold by the Daly Arms Company of New York. These are antique guns, probably made in the 1870s or 1880s, chambered for the original black powder .22 rimfire cartridge. There are other similarly sized guns (like the Colt New Line rimfire revolvers), the the use of a ring trigger here is quite unusual. The ring appears to be too small to actually use, and in seeming acknowledge of this, the front face of the ring is textured for grip. Why these revolver didn't use the much more practical sheath trigger is a mystery...
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getting Kolibri vibes
WayneWiiki
2024-04-28 18:55:51 +0000 UTCLadies gun? smaller hands and fingers. Love the comparison to the Dragoon.
Glenn Miller
2024-04-27 19:08:32 +0000 UTCMy only guess is that a more massive, yet more rounded ring would have a harder time catching on things in a pocket unlike a thin "sharp" double action trigger.
Spy_crab
2024-04-27 14:47:17 +0000 UTCThat was my first thought, a ladies' gun perhaps?
John Arpin
2024-04-27 14:25:13 +0000 UTCis there anything on the table? can't quiet make it out... . intended for ladies fingers maybe?
Guido Schriewer
2024-04-27 14:17:13 +0000 UTCApparently Morphys is an hour away from me. Need to get out there and catch one of these auctions.
z c
2024-04-27 12:46:04 +0000 UTC
