“GAULOIS” AUTOMATIC REPEATER POCKET PISTOL No. 1, Third Republic circa 1890. 28143
Trigger rest in black bakelite. Trigger slide with marbled finish. Ribbed sliding door marked N°1. Safety lever on the left side with 3 positions indicated by circular punches S, F and D. Top of the frame marked with the Manufacture d'Armes et Cycles de St-Etienne. 5.5 cm round barrel with 4 stripes on the right, caliber 8 mm, it has a flat band on the top marked “GAULOIS” as well as the manufacturer's logo. Barleycorn handlebars. Magazine for 5 8 mm cartridges, central percussion.
Total gun length 13 cm.
Presented in its brown leather cigar-style case (14.2 x 7.5 cm) hot-stamped and gilded with the logo of the Manufacture d'armes de Saint Étienne. On one side, ten sockets with ten cartridges, and on the other side the pistol.
A box of 25 refillable cartridges is included.
France.
Third Republic around 1890.
Condition close to new.
NOTE :
Produced and marketed by the Manufacture d’armes et de cycles de Saint Étienne co-directed by MM. Mimard and Blachon around 1890.
Reference :
28143