THE gun found during the fresh search for Madeleine McCann has been revealed as a 6.35 calibre pistol, well-placed sources said today.
The gun was reportedly discovered during the three-day search operation last week near to lead suspect Christian Brueckner’s former ramshackle cottage in the Praia da Luz area.
Young Madeleine vanished on May 3, 2007, around the same area where Brueckner lived in Portugal, it is believed.
Further details on the gun emerged hours after German prosecutors praised Portuguese police for their work looking around the scrubland which appeared to be abruptly called off.
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Typically 6.35 calibre guns are small, pocket-sized, semi-automatic pistols which are used for self-defence or target practice.
The gun is unlikely to have been used as a “lethal weapon” although tests are understood to be ongoing, reports Portuguese daily Correio da Manha.
A second gun was also found during the renewed hunt for clues.
German cops have ruled it out as having any link to Maddie due to it being 50 years old and described by Portuguese sources as a “rusting relic.”
