Hi Jim,
This is a late 19thC Belgian large calibre copy of the British Bulldog revolver. A book was published at the end of 2006 entitled 'The British Bulldog Revolver, the forgotten gun that really Won the West' by George Layman. I have not read the book but one of the premises is that there was ten times more of these guns of various calibres, manufactured in the U.K., U.S. and Belgium, in circulation in America in the last quarter of the 19th Century than Colts and S&W's combined, in fact it even suggests that the iconic Billy the Kid carried one of these amongst others.
Regards,
Norman.
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