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In very short order the French military-adopted the revolver as an Open top, a la Colt, and a rear sight notch in the hammer nose thatĬould be lined up with the bead-style front sight when the gun was onįull cock-also similar to that of the Colt. The sixgun, as it originally (and most popularly) appeared, had an Gun possessed many of the features we accept as commonplace today-aīored-through cylinder (one year before S&W's Rollin White Sixgun in 1854 it was chambered his father's pinfire rounds. Returning back to France, he came out with his own single-action Percussion revolving pistols produced by Colt. In 1851Įugene attended the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London where he studied Originally part-paper, were made wholly of copper or brass forĬasimir died in 1852 and was succeeded by his son, Eugene. Then followed this up a year later with a pinfire pepperbox. Lefaucheux patented a breech-loading, single-shot handgun in 1845, and Realizing his round had an application in other types of firearms, Made in England by some pretty high-toned houses, and the gun graduallyīecame a fixture at weekend country shoots. The British complained that the case did not property seal theīreech, and could not be extracted easily-though this is probably moreĪn example of sour grapes against a non-Anglo invention than it is a Round, and it found immediate popularity on the Continent-less so inīritain. Rested upon an internal fulminate percussion cap.īreech-loading shotguns were manufactured to accommodate the new Hammer striking a pin that extended through the rear of the case, which Patented an ingenious brass-based paper shotshell that was ignited by a Soon he went to work on a cartridge of his own and, in 1835, In 1814 a 12-year-old apprentice, Casimir Lefaucheux, began workingįor Pauly, and by 1827 Lefaucheux owned both the firm and Pauly's Never really became popular and was eventually eclipsed by more robust Innovative load underwent several modifications during its lifetime, but As earlyĪs 1812, Swiss inventor Samuel Johannes Pauly patented and produced aīrass cartridge containing powder, ball and priming compound. While many think the pinfire was the first self-contained round,Īctually this is not the case, though there was a connection.

Sophisticated arm of its day, and one that was sought after on both At its height, the military pinfire revolver was the most Though ammunition never completely went out of production, even up to Self-contained cartridge it also lasted well into the era of rimfireĪnd centerfire cartridges. The pinfire was not only the first practical, widely used There was a time, however, when the pinfireĬartridge was top-of-the-heap-and state-of-the-art. If anyone thinks about pinfires nowadays, it's probablyīecause of those tiny, watch-fob, five-and-dime novelty single-shot

APA style: French firepower: way ahead of its time, the potent Lefaucheux pinfire sixgun was sought-after by both sides in the American Civil War.French firepower: way ahead of its time, the potent Lefaucheux pinfire sixgun was sought-after by both sides in the American Civil War.' Retrieved from

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MLA style: 'French firepower: way ahead of its time, the potent Lefaucheux pinfire sixgun was sought-after by both sides in the American Civil War.' The Free Library.

A donor Lefaucheux may found to provide the missing components on this and if I come across one, I will do just that unless mine sells beforehand. **The real let-down it that the ejector rod and loading gate are missing on this example. Overall this is a very clean, very nicely crafted revolver and the unique engraving certainly makes this stand out. Mechanically this is in very good condition. There is no rust nor pitting anywhere on this gun that I have noticed. The bore is very good to excellent with lots of rifling present and the chambers are excellent. The cylinder rotates and indexes perfectly in both double and single action and the lockup is quite tight. The grips are in very nice condition with very little if any real fading of the checkering and no cracks or chips and they fit beautifully. Bluing remains present in the hand-engraving and it stands out very nicely. Overall it is in nice condition with an even, grey patina.

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The '3' on bottom of the grip strap might possibly be a serial number (?) as there is no other serial number to be found, or rather no other markings on the frame whatsoever. It has very few markings save for a '9' (or a 6) on the rear of the cylinder, a '3' on the pommel of the grip, and a London proof mark on the front of the six shot cylinder. A curious Lefaucheux type revolver in 11mm pin fire for sale.

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