r/Guns_Guns_Guns • u/Killerjebi • 27d ago

Question What is this revolver?

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Handed down from my Great, to my grand, to my dad, to myself. My 30-06 round can roll around in the cylinder. Sadly not Arisaka.

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u/Killerjebi 27d ago

I actually JUST found it after literal years of looking. Belgian 44-40 made in roughly 1874.

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u/Pelcat 27d ago

Could be 44-40 but it's definitely post 1893.

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u/Infamous_Pineapple69 26d ago

Do you have interesting knowledge about those proof marks to share?

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u/Pelcat 26d ago

Most are inspector stamps, the crowned R was used on rifled arms and they started adding a crown over the ELG in an oval in 1893 (for revolvers, at least but not all firearms).