“GAULOIS” AUTOMATIC REPEATER POCKET PISTOL No. 1, Third Republic circa 1890. 28143

“GAULOIS” AUTOMATIC REPEATER POCKET PISTOL No. 1, Third Republic circa 1890. 28143

Trigger rest in black bakelite. Trigger slide with marbled finish. Ribbed sliding door marked N°1. Safety lever on the left side with 3 positions indicated by circular punches S, F and D. Top of the frame marked with the Manufacture d'Armes et Cycles de St-Etienne. 5.5 cm round barrel with 4 stripes on the right, caliber 8 mm, it has a flat band on the top marked “GAULOIS” as well as the manufacturer's logo. Barleycorn handlebars. Magazine for 5 8 mm cartridges, central percussion.
Total gun length 13 cm.
Presented in its brown leather cigar-style case (14.2 x 7.5 cm) hot-stamped and gilded with the logo of the Manufacture d'armes de Saint Étienne. On one side, ten sockets with ten cartridges, and on the other side the pistol.

A box of 25 refillable cartridges is included.

France.
Third Republic around 1890.
Condition close to new.

NOTE :
Produced and marketed by the Manufacture d’armes et de cycles de Saint Étienne co-directed by MM. Mimard and Blachon around 1890.