Posted on 04/13/2009 4:12:29 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Very rare one off pistol combination.
(Excerpt) Read more at horstheld.com ...
The WikiWacki entry on the museum is better than my explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-mei_Museum
No to pigeon racing.
http://www.horstheld.com/0-Japan.htm
Japanese made single shot percussion pistol,
an oddity -Yatate
strange rifling
Japanese made single shot percussion pistol Yatate. A folding cover to hide hammer and piston, and it looks like a small club / truncheon, caliber is .35. The cover is made from brass. Barrel with grip and cover are engraved in Japanese style, Japanese inscription. The trigger with a hole for attaching a firing string. Over all length 8½”. The function is good, fine condition.
Rare pistol
I figured so, but I'll tell that old New york detective impressed me that night, I've been around a little and I'm not aware of being under such successful monitoring as he did during my short visit to his apartment.
I hadn't known who he was, I had found his phone number and had only dropped by to buy a minor little invention of his that had been advertised in a magazine. I went over there in rough clothes at night, after a few beers, which may have reinforced his natural security concerns, he clearly warmed to me after a while though and that is when he let me in on the secret and let me handle the knife/gun and told me how he had earned it so many years before. He was an interesting guy with old New York city detective stories.
Lame.
;-)
Was this the firearm Plaxico Burress had on him that night at the New York club? I’m thinking he was using the cork screw to open up a bottle of Krystal and boom.
Okay. I could go for that one.
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