9m/m Flobert - 2 Triggers, Info WANTED !

[Dirk]

Hi folks,
I am posting again looking for any data, on a very strange little rifle I came acrossed. Several members have already schooled me on what a 9m/m Flobert
"Parlor Gun" is.This is one interesting little firearm, the only markings on the barrel are a couple symbols(foundry or benchmarks) & 9m/m Flobert, there isn't a manufactures name,location, date or serial numbers etc.
Like I said previously it is a tiny very light almost toyish weapon 41.5" in legnth with a 24" barrel. Bolt action w/2triggers, the back one sets the front trigger sooo hair, that if you look at wrong with your finger inside the guard it goes off !!
I have been around firearms all my life and have fired rifles from pre-civil war muzzle loaders to Barrett .50s. But never a student of antiques.This one really has me perplexed, so any info would be greatly appreciated. Sorry I do not have the ability to upload a photo at this time.
Thanks,
Dirk:banghead:

 

[Jim K]

Well, strictly speaking a bolt action is not a Flobert. A true Flobert rifle has a large hammer that resists the back pressure of the cartridge it has just fired. There is no other locking. Flobert cartridges used either no powder, depending on the primer for propelling the bullet, or a very light powder charge. Flobert cartridges were used in non-Flobert guns.

What you describe is a normal type of "set" trigger, used for target shooting. Those are usually made so that they can be used "set" (to a light pull) or "unset". If used unset, the front trigger will fire the gun, but only after a long and sometimes hard trigger pull. Used set, the pull is, as you describe, very light.

9mm is a fairly big caliber for indoor "parlor" shooting, but was not uncommon for indoor range shooting. You don't say which 9mm, but a 9mm Flobert would be rimfire.

Many rifles like that were Belgian, and will have the Belgian proof mark of an oval with the letters ELG inside. German proof marks would be a single Gothic style letter, probably with a crown. The marks would be somewhere on the rear of the barrel and/or on the receiver.

Jim

 

[Dirk]

Thanks Jim, I look forward to any additional info as far as Who ? What ? Where ? When ? and $$$ etc.
Dirk