Galand Tue-Tue
Galand · Revolver · Out Of Production · 1893
Also known as: Tue-Tue, Tue Tue, Galand Tue-Tue, Galand Kill-Kill, Revolver Tue-Tue
Overview
The Galand Tue-Tue is a small hammerless double-action pocket revolver developed around 1891-1892 by the Liege and Paris gunmaker Charles-Francois Galand together with his son Rene, and registered under the Tue-Tue (French for 'kill kill') trademark in Liege on 2 October 1893. Built as a discreet civilian self-defence arm, it has an open frame, a fully concealed hammer and a folding trigger, with no loading gate, no ramrod and no protruding parts, so that nothing would snag when the revolver was drawn from a pocket. It was chambered principally for Galand's own 8mm Tue-Tue cartridge (8x24mmR), also called 8mm Non Reglementaire to distinguish it from the 8mm round adopted for the French regulation Modele 1892 service revolver, and was also offered in 7.65mm and .32 S&W. The five-shot cylinder used a star-pattern simultaneous extractor, the barrel and cylinder tipping for loading and ejection. It measured about 145mm overall with a 50mm barrel and weighed roughly 320g empty. Commercially successful, it stayed in production until around 1935 and was a direct ancestor of Galand's later Velo-Dog cyclist's revolver.
Specifications
| Weight (empty) | 320 g (11.3 oz) |
| Overall Length | 145 mm (5.71") |
| Barrel Length | 50 mm (1.97") |
| Action Type | Double Action Revolver |
| Firing Mechanism | Double Action Only |
| Trigger Type | Double Action |
| Magazine Capacity | 5 rounds |
| Magazine Type | Revolving Cylinder |
| Effective Range | 5 m (5 yd) |
| Barrel Rifling | Right Hand |
| Frame Material | Steel |
| Barrel Material | Steel |
| Stock Material | Hard Rubber |
| Finish | Blued |
Calibers
- 8mm Tue-Tue · primary — also known as 8x24mmR, 8mm Non Reglementaire, 8mm Galand
- .32 S&W — also known as .32 Smith & Wesson, 7.65mm
- 5.5mm Velo-Dog — also known as 6mm Velo-Dog, 5.5x29.6mmR, Velo-Dog Calibre
Features
- Firing modes: Repeating
- Feed systems: Revolving Cylinder
- Safety mechanisms: Double Action Only Trigger, Shrouded Hammer
- Features: Concealed Hammer, Folding Trigger, Open Frame, Pocket Size, Snag Free Design, Star Extractor
Production
Production years: 1893-1935
Produced by Galand in Liege and Paris from 1893 to about 1935; exact production totals are not recorded. The Tue-Tue pattern fed directly into the later Velo-Dog family of pocket revolvers.
Origin
Country of origin: France
Designer: Charles-Francois Galand and Rene Galand
Discontinued: 1935
Notes
Primary chambering was Galand's proprietary 8mm Tue-Tue (8x24mmR / 8mm Non Reglementaire); examples were also made in 7.65mm and .32 S&W. Sources give an overall length of about 145mm, a 50mm (2 inch) barrel, an empty weight of about 320g and a five-round cylinder. Early Tue-Tue cylinders were about 33mm long; from around 1895 the cylinder was lengthened in stages (35.5mm, 37.45mm, then 37.75mm) to accept the French Army regulation cartridge. Most examples are hammerless double-action-only with a folding trigger and use a star-pattern simultaneous extractor with a tip-down barrel/cylinder; some later versions were fitted with an external hammer, and a break-open (brisure) variant is also recorded. Liege proof marks include the crowned ELG oval (in use 1893-1968) and a crowned R rifled-bore stamp (from 1894).
Background
Registered under the evocative trademark 'Tue-Tue' (kill kill) in 1893, this hammerless folding-trigger pocket revolver was a defining late-Victorian self-defence arm and a direct ancestor of the cyclist's Velo-Dog revolver that Galand introduced a year later.