Chicago Palm Protector Pistols

The Protector was a very discreet palm pistol developed in the late 1800s by a French inventor, produced in bulk by the Ames Sword Company, and sold by the Chicago Firearms Company. They are mechanically doubleaction turret revolvers with a unique grip design meant to be to be fired by squeezing. The first few were made in France by the original inventor, and later licensed to an IrishAmerican who sold them through first the Minneapolis Firearms Company and later the Chicago Firearms Company. Most are i