I have this old parlor pistol (#1)

[Hops Master]

I have this old parlor pistol, I need help with identifying where it was manufactured, by whom and when it was manufactured. I'd also like to know what it is approximately worth. It's barrel length is 11.25", its barrel is rifled. The ammo that use is 4mm cal., it uses look's like a miniature 22 cal. shell, but it uses no powder, I believe it uses only a primer cap to fire the lead shot.
I will have to make multiple postings in order to up load all the photo's, I have of my parlor pistol, so hopefully someone will be able to answer my above questions.

 

[Hops Master]

I have this old parlor pistol (#2)

Second series of photo's

 

[Hops Master]

I have this old parlor pistol (#3)

Third series of photo's

 

[Hops Master]

I have this old parlor pistol (#4)

Fourth and final series of photo's

 

[XD Fan]

Don't know what it is, but it's cool.

 

[SDC]

It's German (almost certainly pre-WW2, going by the "BUG" proofs), and in 4mm Zimmerstutzen. The ammunition for this is available, but on the expensive side. There should be some more markings somewhere on the top of the barrel or the frame somewhere, and I can't see the circle-style logo well enough to be able to read the letters inside.

 

[Jim K]

FWIW, "BUG" proofs:

Crown/B = gun has undergone proof in the finished state
Crown/U = definitive and final proof
Crown/G = proof mark for rifled barrels

If this seems overly complex, remember, it was German!

Jim

 

[Cosmoline]

Beautiful! It almost looks like a proto-Contender and I wonder if it has alternate barrels. One in .22 LR would be really neat. Anyone know?

If this seems overly complex, remember, it was German!

I have a fascinating dictionary that contains firearm terms in German, French and English. The Germans have easily twice as many firearm terms as we do, and at least four times as many as the French. The French just call everything a "fusil." Makes it easy.

 

[Hops Master]

Lettering in circle logo

The lettering in circle logo is GDC, does that mean anything to you SDC?

 

[SDC]

Surprisingly, it does help; GDC appears to have been a gun and hunting-equipment wholesaler before WW1, in the same way that ALFA and Karl Bauer were. Cornell Publications shows a 1913 price list from this company on their website ( http://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/item_desc.php?item_id=3081 ; they also sell through ebay), and your pistol looks old enough that it might be listed in that catalog. Since this was a wholesaler, they would've contracted with any number of manufacturers to produce their products, so there might be no way of knowing who exactly made your pistol, but this is at least how it got onto the market.

 

[Ron James]

Deleted, SDC beat me to it.

 

[deadin]

Here's one of the same vintage only a rolling block instead of a break open.

Everyone that see's it calls it a parlor pistol made for indoor plinking.
That is until they take a look at the hole in the barrel. It's chambered in an obsolete .450 Long and definitely not an indoor gun.
It is Belgian made by J Ancion et Cie.