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Is THAT a gun?

PieterCoetzee

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Ive always had a fascination with guns that dont look like guns. During WW2 the Germans had a belt buckle that fired 22LRs. One version fired two rounds another fired four. I seems silly but still kinda cool. The Brits had a glove with a small box riveted to the back of the hand and a plunger extending over the fingers. It would fire when the hand was made into a fist and punched against an adversary. As far back as the muzzle loading era there were cane guns. Not that long ago there was a knife that held a cylinder of 22LRs which could be fired by squeezing the grip.

More recently the LIFE CARD was marketed. Its shaped to the size of a credit card but only a bit thicker. It shoots a single 22LR and theres a 22 magnum version. Theres also a pre Iphone cell phone gun that fired a 22LR through the barrel which looked like an antenna.

Guns that dont look like guns are classified as ANY OTHER WEAPONS; but if they have to be "unfolded" into a gun shape to fire, then they are just guns. Around 2000 there was a PEN GUN that made the "just a gun" category because in order to fire it you had to "twist" it into a roughly pistol shape.

One of the coolest "Is that a gun" guns was the MAC (as in M10 SMG) Stinger it was cylinder shaped about the size of a roll of quarters and had a crotch holster so it would "pass a pat down search" To fire it you "cocked" it by extending it, then fired it by pushing it into the target.

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German Belt Buckle Gun

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Gauntlet gun
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Life Card
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Pen Gun in firing position
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Shotgun Cane Gun
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STINGER
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STINGER / 12 Ga

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STINGER in firing position
 

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Ive always had a fascination with guns that dont look like guns. During WW2 the Germans had a belt buckle that fired 22LRs. One version fired two rounds another fired four. I seems silly but still kinda cool. The Brits had a glove with a small box riveted to the back of the hand and a plunger extending over the fingers. It would fire when the hand was made into a fist and punched against an adversary. As far back as the muzzle loading era there were cane guns. Not that long ago there was a knife that held a cylinder of 22LRs which could be fired by squeezing the grip.

More recently the LIFE CARD was marketed. Its shaped to the size of a credit card but only a bit thicker. It shoots a single 22LR and theres a 22 magnum version. Theres also a pre Iphone cell phone gun that fired a 22LR through the barrel which looked like an antenna.

Guns that dont look like guns are classified as ANY OTHER WEAPONS; but if they have to be "unfolded" into a gun shape to fire, then they are just guns. Around 2000 there was a PEN GUN that made the "just a gun" category because in order to fire it you had to "twist" it into a roughly pistol shape.

One of the coolest "Is that a gun" guns was the MAC (as in M10 SMG) Stinger it was cylinder shaped about the size of a roll of quarters and had a crotch holster so it would "pass a pat down search" To fire it you "cocked" it by extending it, then fired it by pushing it into the target.

View attachment 103374German Belt Buckle Gun

View attachment 103375Gauntlet gun
View attachment 103376Life Card
View attachment 103377 Pen Gun in firing position
View attachment 103378 Shotgun Cane Gun
View attachment 103380STINGER
View attachment 103383 STINGER / 12 Ga

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STINGER in firing position
That was an interesting post/thread, thanks!
 
More recently the LIFE CARD was marketed. Its shaped to the size of a credit card but only a bit thicker. It shoots a single 22LR and theres a 22 magnum version. Theres also a pre Iphone cell phone gun that fired a 22LR through the barrel which looked like an antenna.


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That's not a Life Card. This is...

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Who makes that 2-barrel/shot type?
 
That's not a Life Card. This is...

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Who makes that 2-barrel/shot type?
You are correct. My apologies the pic with the two barrels is/was an attempt to market an Iphone size gun but Im not sure it got approved. I dont ever recall seeing one for sale
 
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OK I found it. It's the Ideal Conceal IC380 (not a .22lr)

The company (in MN) is out of business as of 2022.




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Chicago Palm Protector Pistols​


"The Protector" was a very discreet palm pistol developed in the late 1800s by a French inventor, produced in bulk by the Ames Sword Company, and sold by the Chicago Firearms Company.

They are mechanically double-action turret revolvers with a unique grip design meant to be to be fired by squeezing.

The first few were made in France by the original inventor, and later licensed to an Irish-American who sold them through first the Minneapolis Firearms Company and later the Chicago Firearms Company.

Most are in an extra-short .32 caliber rimfire cartridge, but a few were also made in both .41 and .22 calibers.

 
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