Could someone please tell me the name of that pistol, or the year?

I'm betting that thing started out as a rifle?

what caliber ? - looks like a martini rifle converted to a pistol -

Martini-Henry action...interesting conversion i'm wondering if it isnt in .455 Webley or something similar. It's almost certainly a Khyber-pass special

Used to protect against lions and such off of elephants in india or something crazy like that, I believe generically called "howdah" pistols

 

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"The term "howdah pistol" comes from the howdah, a large saddle mounted on the back of an elephant. Hunters, especially during the period of the British Raj in India, used howdahs as a platform for hunting wild animals and needed large-calibre side-arms for protection from animal attacks.[2]

 

The first howdah pistols were little more than sawn-off rifles,[2] typically in .577 Snider[3] or .577/450 Martini-Henry calibre."

Used to protect against lions and such off of elephants in india or something crazy like that, I believe generically called "howdah" pistols

 

Edit:

"The term "howdah pistol" comes from the howdah, a large saddle mounted on the back of an elephant. Hunters, especially during the period of the British Raj in India, used howdahs as a platform for hunting wild animals and needed large-calibre side-arms for protection from animal attacks.[2]

 

The first howdah pistols were little more than sawn-off rifles,[2] typically in .577 Snider[3] or .577/450 Martini-Henry calibre."

 

 

Agreed Glenn Looks like an aka "Tower"/howdah pistol. Converted from a Martini rifle. BTW it was tigers not lions...

Agreed Glenn Looks like an aka "Tower"/howdah pistol. Converted from a Martini rifle. BTW it was tigers not lions...

... or bears. Oh, my.

I believe it is a 45th caliber. And does somebody knows the worth of it?

Well, somebody has to say it: If this is indeed converted from a Martini actioned rifle (and it certainly looks that way), aren't there some legal issues? Especially since this is NJ where at some point water pistols will probably be considered firearms. Maybe some federal issues also? Just asking.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

You would have to have some big ba!!s to try and shoot that thing! =@

Well, somebody has to say it: If this is indeed converted from a Martini actioned rifle (and it certainly looks that way), aren't there some legal issues? Especially since this is NJ where at some point water pistols will probably be considered firearms. Maybe some federal issues also? Just asking.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

Don't know, but it's not an SBR since it doesn't have a stock. It's more than likely an antique (at least federally) since those were made before 1898.

Well, somebody has to say it: If this is indeed converted from a Martini actioned rifle (and it certainly looks that way), aren't there some legal issues? Especially since this is NJ where at some point water pistols will probably be considered firearms. Maybe some federal issues also? Just asking.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

if imported as a pistol it is legal - if converted in usa with out atf form , approval , + tax payment it is illegal - if manufactured prior to 1898 it is legal in either form under federal law but not nj law - i think that it is too crude to be a howdah pistol - caliber is probably .450//577 martini - see if chamber is bottle necked -

if imported as a pistol it is legal - if converted in usa with out atf form , approval , + tax payment it is illegal - if manufactured prior to 1898 it is legal in either form under federal law but not nj law - i think that it is too crude to be a howdah pistol - caliber is probably .450//577 martini - see if chamber is bottle necked -

 

 

We're in Europe but nobody actually answered my questions but thats alright too and thank you all anyway

You asked us to identify that pistol? The consensus was it was not a pistol but a converted/shortened rifle. AFAIK, it is probably worth very little.

We're in Europe but nobody actually answered my questions but thats alright too and thank you all anyway

with out more detailed information or detailed close up picture it's impossible to do - all i can tell you is that it is a martini henry style action , they were made from late 1800's till well into the 1900's -