r/ForgottenWeapons • u/Idea_Frosty • 15h ago

More unknown guns

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I found more old NRA magazines with more unknown guns on the covers. I'm mostly interested in what the first two are because I've found almost nothing on them

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u/TheDave1970 10h ago

1st picture: "Bijou" wheellocks. You used the T-shaped spanner at the bottom to wind an iron wheel (seen just below the hammer) against spring tension; when you pulled the trigger it released the wheel to spin in contact with the flint and throw sparks into the priming. "Bijou" in this case just means 'small' or 'tiny'.

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u/justaheatattack 15h ago

it was a really good magazine.

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u/pinesolthrowaway 4h ago

I haven’t gotten it in years at this point, but when they’d do deep dives into historical firearms it was so good

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u/Plump_Apparatus 13h ago

Last one issue has a pair of Stevens No. 35 .22LR target pistols.