19th C. Lock Key Pistol


 

 

These are 19th century European lock key Caplock pistols that were used by jailors as a safe way to keep some sort of weapon with them at all times without alarming the inmates. These guns served both as keys and as a 9 mm calibre pistol.

 

(via The Soul is Bone and Oobject)

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