walking stick gun

Meyer Barnett

Summary

Slightly tapering golden brown malacca cane walking stick. Crooked bone handle resembling hunting crop, with crosses cut underneath. Silver band with inscription - "Cave". The brass ferrule unscrews revealing that the stick is hollow and brass lined forming a gun barrel. the top section of the stick slides off to show gun meachanism. Under the handle is a spring - loaded catch, with a push in trigger meachanism. In brief the gun was loaded by unscrewing the ferrule, dropping in the bullet and the percussion cap, and screwing up again. the spring needle action is released either by blowing 'through a small hole in the head' or by a trigger.