Steampunked Handguns?

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The funky Italian squeeze pistol.

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Tribuzio
cal. 7.65 mm, 6-shot self-contained magazine.
It was invented in 1890 by "Catello Tribuzio" of Turin, Italy.
The barrel and side plates are metal with blue finish and the frame and trigger are brass with nickel finish.
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This is Super Steampunk!

 

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1880s unusual .45 cal, bolt-action, manually-repeating pistol has three tube magazines running along the barrel.

https://warisboring.com/this-mystery-gun-is-very-very-weird/

 

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Charola y Anitua pistol





https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/Charola-Anitua

 

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Browning Prototype Magazine Pistol


The prototype pistol was
Browning Prototype Magazine Pistol

demonstrated to Colt's management on July 3, 1895. Essentially a "blowback" design, it incorporated a gas port in the top of the barrel approximately one third of the way back from the muzzle, and a vertically pivoting arm at the front of what would now be considered the "slide." When the arm is fired, a portion of the propellant gas is tapped off at the port and diverted upward. As it moves up, it strikes the pivoting arm, which reacts by swinging up and to the rear. This motion in turn causes the slide to move rearward, effecting extraction and ejection. The pistol is then returned to battery, stripping a new cartridge into the chamber by action of the recoil spring. While an idiosyncratic design, it opened ​

many new doors for Colt and Browning, and military and commercial circles were abuzz with speculation that it was only a matter of time before the self loader completely supplant the revolver.

 

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Laumann 1891

Bolt open

Bolt closed.​

WEAPON TYPE

Lever action Repeating pistol
CALIBER: 7.8×19mmR
ACTION: Manually operated, was later modified to a "blow forward"

FEED SYSTEM: 5-round en bloc clip

 

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Schoenberger-Laumann

Cal. 8mm. In his quest to design a reliable semiautomatic pistol, Josef Laumann made a number of prototypes, most of which were produced for Austrian Army trials, and were never sold commercially. This example of the first pattern Schoenberger-Laumann as 6.5" bbl that assumes an octagonal form 1.25" in front of the chamber with a drift adjustable front sight. SN 6 appears on the left side of the bbl and is repeated on the left side of the frame along with "WAFFENFABRIK STEYR." On the right side is a large cocking lever that retracts the bolt out the rear of the frame. After returning to battery, a cocking indicator (rear of firing pin) extends from the back of the bolt. Just above the tang is a large rotating holdopen/safety whose left side is serrated. Pushing down on the left side releases the bolt and allows the pistol to fire. In front of the cocking lever is a large .5" diameter checkered button, set in a raised escutcheon, that acts as a magazine/clip release. The bbl and frame are rust blued while the bolt and cocking lever are in-the-white. The safety and trigger are strawed. A large rotable lanyard extends from the base of the frame.

 

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Frommer 1901


Frommer’s first pistol design was the Model 1901, which reached market in 1903 and was not successful (only about 200 were made). It was submitted to several military trials, but did not win any of them. It had a 10-round blind magazine fed from the top by stripper clips, and was chambered for the 7.65mm, 8mm, and 9mm cartridges.

 

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7.5mm PASSLER & SEIDL REPEATING PISTOL

Function is similar to the Schulof pistols. Feeding is from a stripper clip inserted at the bottom of the frame with a long spring-loaded arm to ensure positive feeding.The French Clair pistol of 1893 is one of the lesser known and least documented early automatic pistols, and unusual in its method of operation as well. The majority of the successful early automatics (the Borchardt/Luger and Mauser in particular) used short recoil mechanisms to unlock, but the Clair was a gas operated design.

 

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The 40 shot Guycot chain pistol.


The Guycot chain pistol was the development of two Frenchmen, Henri Guenot and Paulin Gay in 1879. It is chambered for a unique 6.5mm caseless rocket ball type cartridge in which the base of the projectile is hollowed out and contains the propellant powder and a primer. Upon firing, the entirely of the projectile exits, leaving nothing to be extracted or ejected from the chamber.

So yes, this means that once it is loaded, the gun can be fired as fast as the user can pull the trigger.
There was also a Guycot rifle which holds 80 cartridges.
https://americanshootingjournal.com/guycot-chain-pistol/amp/

 

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M1906 Adler Pistol




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Union Automatic Revolver


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Automatic_Revolver

 

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Jean-François LAROSE, arms manufacturer, metal worker

 

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Louis Jourjon
Le RENOVATOR
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Bourguet Pierre
"LE VAINQUEUR"
Calibre 6mm ​

 

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Jean-François LAROSE, arms manufacturer, metal worker
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That Larose is so exotic, so Merwin Hulbert

 

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This wierd pocket pistol is one spicey meatball of pretty steampunky coolness (mfg Italy)

This little jem mabe rode in your pocket for a night of Baccarat at the Casino?

Revolver “Cherubin”, with central percussion, six shots, calibre 380. Round barrel and with sides, engraved with the thunder. Iron carcass covered with each with dimensions of copper nickel zinc alloy plates, engraved “Sistema - L Cherubin Padova” on a face and, on the other face, “Brevettato E Premiato all' Esposizione 1881”. Stick with plates in burr walnut, folding trigger.

Nouvelle page 0​

 

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Steampunky is not limited to handguns made 100 years ago.

How about a RJ BRAVERMAN BELMONT.NH. .32 ACP (5) SHOT Nickel Plated, Double Action UPSIDE DOWN Revolver Folding Handle, Pocket Rocket!

 

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Well sir I thank you.. Will have to do some more research and digging. Here is one he has made. These designs do give a come hither look.

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https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/57/399/unique-george-j-tibert-12shot-revolving-rifle

Some conversions of Boltaction rifles look pretty steampunky.
Huot Automatic Rifle: The Ross Rifle Goes Full Auto

 

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Some conversions of Boltaction rifles look pretty steampunky.
Huot Automatic Rifle: The Ross Rifle Goes Full Auto

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Charlton Automatic Rifle was a fully automatic conversion of the Lee-Enfield rifle, designed by New Zealander Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a substitute for the Bren and Lewis gun light machine guns which were in chronically short supply at the time.

 

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Oh man I do not know which I would sell my soul for 1st the Carlton or the Ross... (I know I know hold.... out for both )

 

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Oh man I do not know which I would sell my soul for 1st the Carlton or the Ross... (I know I know hold.... out for both )

Or the Farquhar-Hill?
M1909 Benet-Mercie?
Turner automatic rifle?

 

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Kinda steampunky 9mm from WW-2
Husqvarna m-1940

 

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Kerr 1864
Kerr 1864 navy Spain
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Durango
Spanish military revolver was manufactured by Fabrica de Durango

 

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Then there are the Chinese mystery pistols.