APACHE - Deleaxhe (& Commando?) Knuckleduster Revolvers:

There are plenty of articles on the "APACHE" Revolvers with good images - but not all that is written is correct eh ...

This '3-Way' pin-fire revolver was patented in 1869 by Louis Dolne (NOT "a Dolne Brevet") and is recorded as being made by several Belgian producers. - The "Apache" name refers to it's popular use by criminal gang members in France known by that name. (- It was a sort of 'Leatherman' or 'Victorinox' MULTI-TOOL for mobsters eh.) (Incidentally - the Stanley 84-519K multi-tool is said to be great value @ around $10).

Mostly brass framed these six chambered PEPPERBOX revolvers were usually in 5 mm pin-fire but 7 mm caliber is recorded - as are iron framed versions.

As often happens - Ian McCollum of FORGOTTEN WEAPONS has done an excellent video show'n'tell .. clear & without any crappy music: Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FIi8Wge9pI

Watch Ian and you're on your way to being knowledgeable. These are Double-Action and I've read that around 7,000 were built.

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This next image of an "Apache" type is a non-folding iteration made by 'DELEAXHE' and doesn't have much history. Dated from around 1870 - caliber 7 mm - that's all I've got other than it was described on an auction site as rare & "rim-fire".?

Several stories written about the Apache Revolvers talk about a WWII British Commando version in 9x19 mm caliber .. - I did find on WIKIA these images described as a single prototype built at RSAF Enfield - being a double-action six shot revolver - Titled DD(E) 3313

That's all I have. DD(E) 3313.

Now - while looking at mysterious firearms ....

This Pen Gun is described as 12 mm caliber and as (maybe) being a rare OSS special from WWII.

- however - Guns International.Com have the following description:
"Rare Colt T-12 Miniature Pen Gun. We have heard varying reports to what the real story of these are. This is a 12 caliber single shot Pen gun with blued finish in mint condition. It comes in a two piece box with the Colt logo and has U.S. Property mark. One story we heard was this was a prototype used for some sort of spyanization. The more believable story is this was a novelty item made by John Sutherland in the 1950s or 1960s. Who knows, it could have been a combination of the stories? In any case, this is a rare piece with only a handful known!"

Either way - they show a guide price of $3,500. 😙 .. but - there seems to be linkage with the Mk 79 Mod 0 Military Flare Gun - examples of which sell for a hundred times less than that price:

Marty K.