Found a gun...and it was loaded!

[~ACE~]

Went out for a quick hunt today. Scored a mix of Canadian and Wheat pennies (newest 1959, oldest 1941). Also found my first gun. I didn't know what it was until I got it cleaned up. It's an Olympic 38 BBM blank pistol, 8 shot, made in Italy. 6 out of 8 were fired, the other two in the chamber are live. It took quite a bit of work to free it up, but I got it back so it's semi-functional. Only found one part of the handle, strangely enough. Anyone have an idea of age?

 

[stilpony]

n/t

 

[bob.oz]

Nice.........Was it found near or around a track and Field event area??

 

[Detecting History]

That's solid. Love it ACE!

 

[~ACE~]

Thanks guys! It was found in a field

 

[Dutchtoga]

n/t

 

[TigerNed]

Cool find for sure. You should restore that baby....shouldn't be to hard to do and new handles are easy to find..

 

[JimGilmore]

Try to find info about that field..maybe the field was used for some knd of town events or school events..

 

[~ACE~]

The field was part of a WWII Air Force base. There are hundreds of acres!

 

[WildOutdoorAddict]

What did it ring up as?

 

[~ACE~]

It rang up like a coin spill lol. Between quarter, penny, dime. I thought for sure I had a pocket spill, but nope, just a gun lol

 

[vtcivilwar]

Looks like a typical early 60's gun. The black powder blanks are very corrosive, that is why it was so froze up.

 

[~ACE~]

vtcivilwar: thank you for the approximate date. I was wondering how old it might be.

 

[SpiritRelic]

That is a cool find Ace! WTG!

 

[Relicranger]

I had one of those when I was around 10. I got it from an ad in a comic book.It came with a little round tin full of blanks.

 

[pinpoint]

I bet jr found that in daddy's closet and took it out to the field! LOL

 

[herb pi]

Probably from the 60's.. neat find