Identifying a very old pistol

yntbom · 05-20-2019, 03:25 PM

My parents have an old, single-shot pistol that they believe is from WWI.
It is a TINY gun and the serial number appears to be: 35351.

How can I identify exactly what it is and what it's value is?

After that, where is the best place to sell it?

Thank you.

TommyGunn · 05-20-2019, 04:06 PM

Pictures would be nice .... or an exact description, including maker's name, model, caliber .....

Serial #### .... not so much ....

bearcat6 · 05-20-2019, 05:16 PM

What Tommy Gun said we need a lot more info.

csmkersh · 05-20-2019, 07:16 PM

bearcat, did you ever have a rifle with the sticker that said, "It's swell. It's from Matel?" They made stocks for the m16 for a short period. Didn't do anything to make Snuffy hate the gun less. 8-(

Doughboy · 05-20-2019, 08:30 PM

csmkersh,

Fwiw, I disliked the M16, i.e., "The Mattel Special", so much that I "issued myself" a Model 37 Ithaca pump-shotgun in lieu of a rifle in BRD.
(At the range where I was ever likely to have to fire a shot in anger, I never felt that I was "under-gunned", there.)

Otoh, when I was "seconded to an international organization" & where our team-members were allowed by COL Santiago de Vega to carry any forearms that we had "in stock", I carried a USN-type NM Garand in 7.62NATO & a pair of BHP, that had been "seized from a narcotrafficante".
(I also had a Spanish-made double-barreled 12-gauge shotgun, too.)

For some odd reason or other, we had "acquired" a HUGE quantity of Lake City ammo in both M2 Ball and 7.62x51mm. The armory also had numerous cases of Spanish-made 7x57mm ball ammo, too.
Handgun ammo was 9x19mm & .45ACP, from Argentina.

Note: One member of our team, who was the equivalent of a US SFC/E7 from a Central American nation, by personal choice, armed himself with a FN-made BAR. = "Arturo" was about 74" tall & 270 pounds.

yours, sw

bearcat6 · 05-21-2019, 07:32 AM

Nope, never had one that said Mattel on it. I was in Germany when we first got M14s. We never got any training on it I guess they thought it was so much like the Garand that we would figure it out. Which we did. We did go qualify with them right away, I loved the accuracy it was outstanding.

Rex in OTZ · 08-16-2020, 09:17 PM

Any that might look like one of these?

Allen, Union, Stevens, Flobert, Scheintod, Zimmerstutzen or Remington?

Gene1957 · 08-20-2020, 03:17 PM

Are there any markings, verbiage or anything stamped written or engraved on any of the guns? I did not see any of that from your pictures.

SpecialEd · 08-20-2020, 04:31 PM

You guys are responding to a post that's over a year old. The OP, has not been back since June of last year. Some necro-posting is ok . . . sometimes, but lets try and be practical and maybe read the actual posts so you know what you're commenting on/about.

05-20-2019, 03:25 PM	#1
yntbom Junior Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: California Posts: 1	Identifying a very old pistol My parents have an old, single-shot pistol that they believe is from WWI. It is a TINY gun and the serial number appears to be: 35351. How can I identify exactly what it is and what it's value is? After that, where is the best place to sell it? Thank you.

05-20-2019, 08:30 PM	#5
Doughboy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 534	csmkersh, Fwiw, I disliked the M16, i.e., "The Mattel Special", so much that I "issued myself" a Model 37 Ithaca pump-shotgun in lieu of a rifle in BRD. (At the range where I was ever likely to have to fire a shot in anger, I never felt that I was "under-gunned", there.) Otoh, when I was "seconded to an international organization" & where our team-members were allowed by COL Santiago de Vega to carry any forearms that we had "in stock", I carried a USN-type NM Garand in 7.62NATO & a pair of BHP, that had been "seized from a narcotrafficante". (I also had a Spanish-made double-barreled 12-gauge shotgun, too.) For some odd reason or other, we had "acquired" a HUGE quantity of Lake City ammo in both M2 Ball and 7.62x51mm. The armory also had numerous cases of Spanish-made 7x57mm ball ammo, too. Handgun ammo was 9x19mm & .45ACP, from Argentina. Note: One member of our team, who was the equivalent of a US SFC/E7 from a Central American nation, by personal choice, armed himself with a FN-made BAR. = "Arturo" was about 74" tall & 270 pounds. yours, sw Last edited by Doughboy; 05-20-2019 at 08:43 PM. Reason: typo

08-20-2020, 03:17 PM	#8
Gene1957 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 5	Pictures without words are not much help Are there any markings, verbiage or anything stamped written or engraved on any of the guns? I did not see any of that from your pictures.

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TommyGunn Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Morgan County, Alabama "In Dixie Land I'll take my stand." Posts: 8,476	Pictures would be nice .... or an exact description, including maker's name, model, caliber ..... Serial #### .... not so much ....

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bearcat6 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,977	What Tommy Gun said we need a lot more info.

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csmkersh Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 10,764	bearcat, did you ever have a rifle with the sticker that said, "It's swell. It's from Matel?" They made stocks for the m16 for a short period. Didn't do anything to make Snuffy hate the gun less. 8-(

05-21-2019, 07:32 AM	#6
bearcat6 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,977	Nope, never had one that said Mattel on it. I was in Germany when we first got M14s. We never got any training on it I guess they thought it was so much like the Garand that we would figure it out. Which we did. We did go qualify with them right away, I loved the accuracy it was outstanding.

08-20-2020, 04:31 PM	#9
SpecialEd Forum Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wilmington, DelaWhere? Posts: 7,188	You guys are responding to a post that's over a year old. The OP, has not been back since June of last year. Some necro-posting is ok . . . sometimes, but lets try and be practical and maybe read the actual posts so you know what you're commenting on/about.