I place my vote for the Astra Cub, a Spanish gun that fires the 6.35mm Auto Colt round. Anyone else have any guesses?
Kolibri pistol, calibre 2'7mm. The round besides it looks like a 45ACP. I can't imagine what it was designed for, besides getting the smallest pistol in the world
That would not be humane in hunting terms as you couldn't guarantee a good percentage chance of a one shot clean kill. Maybe greenfly ?
FNG - you might be joking, but I do recall some rather dotty king (I think of Spain, but I'm not convinced ofthat) did have a minature cannon made for hunting wasps...
2.7mm is a relatively large calibre...it is beaten by the 2.34mm for a Swiss Minigun revolver, and (sound a fanfare) the world record 2.0mm Flobert for a "Lilliput Browning Pistol". Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion forum
At the Tøjhusmuseet in Copenhagen (Armoury museum) these 3 mini rifles are on display They are appprox 7 inches long without bayonets and are able to fire the cartridges on display. I really don't know the caliber- bu probably less then 2 mm
That's it for pistols. I guess I'll move on to carbines. I suggest the Colt Commando, an M16 look-alike.
its small but not as small as many other rarities. like i said earlier a friend of mine holds the record for building the worlds smallest spring powered air rifle.