What kind of pistol is this?

[pdangerp]

I got this old pistol as a gift. I know nothing about it. I’d like to find out anything I can about it. I know it’s not a shooter, but the person that gifted it to me didn’t know anything about it either. He inherited it from a relative. It’s single action. It has a loading gate with a small latch. There aren’t any markings on the entire gun. The cylinder has small notches to the exterior at each chamber. The barrel is rifled, but very crudely.

 

[FrankenToy]

To me, that trigger guard looks European. Just trying to get the ball rolling...

 

[pdangerp]

Could it be something like this? I’ve never seen a pinfire pistol before.

 

[Mikenike]

Looks to be a pinfire lefaucheux but missing a few bits?

 

[Clb]

+3 on pinfire

 

[pdangerp]

Definitely in poor shape. This one isn’t marked. No proof markings. No manufacturer markings. I wonder if there are clones or they just didn’t mark some of their cheaper stuff.

 

[FrankenToy]

Everybody was copying everybody else, especially back then. It got so bad that Colt permitted anybody to copy his designs as long as they sent him a percentage and marked the gun "brevet".

 

[smurfblue40]

And the board has it nailed by post #5

 

[BDK]

It almost looks like a blacksmith version of a pinfire. I wonder if it would have any collector value with no markings? I bet its worth a few hundred as a wall hanger.

 

[pdangerp]

Surprisingly the trigger is pretty crisp. Probably not drop safe though.