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Back in the late 1960's my family and I were metal detecting in the Utah desert. We found this gun at the bottom of a 2 feet deep hole filled with garbage. It was wrapped in what appeared to be burlap. Last month I was helping dad clean out his house and found the gun again. I was wondering if anyone recognizes the grip logo or the trigger guard. I would love to know the approximate date of it. Thanks.

Interesting gun you have there. It's frame is similar to a M1895 Nagant, but not exact.

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The interesting trigger guard was commonly seen on target pistols of the late 19th century.

It also looks a little like a Smith & Wesson Mod.3 Russian, but it's not. The Mod. 3 is a top break open gun & a single action:

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The logo, I have NO idea. Are there any markings on the frame you can still make out?

BadSpellar wrote:... We found this gun at the bottom of a 2 feet deep hole filled with garbage. It was wrapped in what appeared to be burlap. ...

That's as interesting as what kind of gun it is. hmmm.

Belgian "Frontier Army"?



I'm guessing 1880's.

Methinks you nailed it threoh8!Good job!

That has to be it threoh8. Thank you for your help. I used up all my resources and knew someone here could answer anything.