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Friday, February 01, 2008

Miniature Spy Guns


"QUANTUM SHOT" #362
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The smaller, the deadlier

We wrote once about miniature spy cameras, now we are going to up the stakes. James Bond types not only need to inconspicuously take pictures, they also need to inconspicuously kill people. When given "license to kill", it's still better to do it with as little fuss as possible.

We'll start with the "largest" of the bunch, more conventional pistols, which are still portable enough to be hidden in "plain sight". Graciously provided by Alan Trigger, from "Little Gun" collection in Belgium, these pictures remind us of the era of Victorian (and Wild West) engineering, sometimes more deadly when we care to admit.

1869, Brass Knuckle-Pistol Combo "Apache":
(see more pictures here)





Similar thing has been patented in US in 1904:



Military Knuckle Knife, used in WWII looks also quite sinister:



Derringer-Uberti, Italy (caliber .38) -



Gorgeous little Derringer "Maverick":





Reel J. J. was made from 1846 to 1893 -







"Coffee Table" Deprez (purse) gun, very stylish:
(caliber 7mm)







Pocket Watch Pistol

Made in England, very rare model, 0.3 caliber. "Gentlemen, let's synchronize our watches"







Another pistol-watch:







The Pistol Ring "Femme Fatale"

.06 caliber. Also made in England, in 1870. Gives a whole new meaning to nuptial agreements:













Classic Pen Pistol

How many times we read about this in pulp fiction? Here is how this little deadly device looks:





Pistol inside a lock

American-made, controlled by two keys, caliber .38. "You can lock me in, but you're gonna regret it"










Saddle-clasp pistol, 1775

The wildest western accessory I've seen so far:







Single-shot Threaded Bolt Colt

.12 caliber - what kind of circumstances would prompt the use of this one?





Walking Stick Gun

.38 caliber. From Professor Moriarty's wardrobe:







The Crucifix Gun

9mm caliber. Aahh...saving these souls from the plight of their mortal coil. May they rest in peace, as I will definitely pray for them...









More influential religious types carry even more advanced system:



The Whip Pistol

Caliber .52, made in England. Kinky.







Strange mini-gun of unknown manufacturer







The Hook Pistol!

The trigger is in the eye of this hook! Probably the smallest gun on record -





The Inkwell Gun

Japanese-made, in 1850, Caliber .36







Pocket Knife Pistol





Smoking Pipe Gun

.22 caliber. Property of Sherlock Holmes:







Booby-trap Pistol

When you need to catch someone unaware. Attach one end of a string to the door and another end to the gun. The poor guy opens the door and... BOOM!





Gun inside the suspenders

US-made, caliber .32 for the Bachelor Club:
(or when you starting to lose in poker)







The Cigarette Lighter Gun

Zippo lighter, very classic, very cool -





The Key Pistol, 1822

Pull the little ball at the end and shoot. Caliber .22





And in a way of contrast - a BIG gun! -



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7 Comments:

Blogger coho said...

So many clever tiny guns.

I'm sure that in ten or fifteen years we'll get to see the array of PDA, laptop, blackberry and cellphone pistols currently deployed against the supervillains of the world.

(Once they've been replaced by nano-gadgets, of course)

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Blogger Jyri said...

The last big one, by the way, is Finnish WW-II Era anti-tank-rifle Lahti L-39 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti_L-39)

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think for the ring gun you mean it uses a 0.06 round, not a 0.6. That would probably break your finger..

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

To coho - there are already mobile phone guns, and tazers, too!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looking at the instruction manual for the "gun inside the suspenders", it seems that it was meant to be fastened to the underside of the forearm, and worn underneath a suit or similar. From this position, it would be fired by tilting the hand back, presumably with the aid of a wire connecting the trigger to the button it is shown with.

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Anonymous Nasuhorn said...

The man in the last picture with the anti-tank rifle looks damn happy :)

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The "walking stick" gun is actually a riding crop, not a walking stick.

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