can you tell me more about this pistol ?

[husker]

My Dad gave me a small handgun. He took it off of a German Officer during WW II. I would like to know more about this gun.
It is a EM-GE Mod.5 Cal .320. It is a small stack barrel Darringer type gun. I did a search on this gun and it is referred to as a German Tear Gas gun.
I can not understand how a .320 Cal gun this small could be a Tear Gas gun?
Anyone know more about this gun?
Thanks,

Murph.
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can you tell me more about this pistol and what it might be worth thanks guys

 

[Ron James]

These type of tear gas guns use small .20 to 25 caliber cartridges. Not the big honking shotgun shell type the police use in their tear gas guns. They are only effective for a couple of feet.

 

[husker]

it looks a lot like the little pocket gun Kenny Rodgers carried in the movie the Gamble. strange that a dead German officer would have such a thing on him. alot of people that have looked at it thought it might be some kind of suicide gun that he kept on his body. but i ? that right away. im trying to fig. out how to get the pics over hear where you all can look at it for your selves

 

[husker]

bump

 

[C-grunt]

Join photobucket and then you can move your cursor over the image, a little drop down menu will appear. Click on the last one (says "image" I believe) that will automaticaly copy it. Then paste in in your response.

 

[rcmodel]

Here you go!

http://www.joesalter.com/detail.php?f_qryitem=10526

EM-GE is a Tradename used on firearms manufactured by Moritz & Gerstenberger (before 1939) or Gerstenberger & Eberwein (after 1939) of Gussenstadt, Germany. EM-GE manufactured a line of cheap firearms and starter pistols that were banned from import into the US by the gun control act of 1968. It was never military issue weapon.

As already noted, it was probably intended to fire only RF blanks & tear gas cartridges, although it could possible also be used with .32 RF Short cartridges.

Do the barrels have rifling in them? If they are smooth-bore it is most certainly a blank/tear gas gun.

Probably has very little value.

rc

 

[husker]

yep rc thats the little sucker. is their any thing you dont no? you remind me of my pops he was a technical man to. he built the loco to. and was in charge of all maintenance on ground vehicles and shops for the for the NE. national guard + a self tought machinist. a real book worm he was. when the Henry dourly zoo fist built their railroad and needed someone to run their loco guess who got the call+ he raised me= the biggest and hardest feet he prob ever tackled.lathes milling machines and army tanks dont talk back or try to runaway at 16. i was more than a handful for sure. youth is so wasted on the young.

 

[Guillermo]

between RC and Old Fuff, you can get daned near any gun question answered.

I LOVE THR because of guys like them!!!

 

[Adamantiumx]

Is there a caliber of ammo that will shoot from this.
that anyone knows for sure?

 

[rcmodel]

For sure?

No, not for sure.

Read post #6 again to see what we know for sure.

Right now we don't know "for sure" if it is centerfire or rimfire.
Or rifled or not.

If it's truly a teargas or blank gun, I would consider it unsafe for use with real ammo.

rc

 

[gvass]

Do not load real ammo in it!!!

This is definiately a .320 caliber centerfire TEAR GAS pistol! NO real ammunition is safe in it!!!

(I have one. On that the chamber and the barrel have different axis, no metal bullet can "jump" from it.)


Ammo:

 

[automomma]

HI GUYS! I ALSO OWN A EM-GE MODEL 5. I JOINED THE FORUM THIS EVENING, AND FOUND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GUN IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES THAN I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IN THE PAST 3 YEARS. ITS BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM MY GRANDFATHER, FATHER, THEN TO ME. MY DAD ONLY KNEW IT WAS OLD AND FROM "GERMANY". I HAVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS GUN DEALERS AND SHOWS, I COULD NEVER FIND ANY INFO.:banghead: JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR THE INFO!