Lefaucheux Revolver - Printable Version

Lefaucheux Revolver - Printable Version

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Lefaucheux Revolver - RJNorton - 06-18-2019 09:09 AM

Thanks to Laurie and Bob Cook for sending this link:

https://news.yahoo.com/gun-van-gogh-killed-himself-under-hammer-093347128.html

RE: Lefaucheux Revolver - RJNorton - 06-18-2019 05:26 PM

Thanks to Joe Di Cola for sending the following information:

"The Lefaucheux revolver (a pin-fire revolver, manufactured in Belgium) was one of the only foreign-manufactured revolver imported by the U.S. government during the Civil War, primarily for the cavalry. A few were said to have been used in the Confederate armies."

Here are a couple images of Joe's Lefaucheux revolver from the Civil War:

RE: Lefaucheux Revolver - LincolnMan - 06-19-2019 05:51 AM

5 shot?

RE: Lefaucheux Revolver - Rsmyth - 06-19-2019 07:03 AM

Very interesting! Thanks for posting!

RE: Lefaucheux Revolver - Joe Di Cola - 06-20-2019 11:33 AM

(06-19-2019 05:51 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: 5 shot?

Six

RE: Lefaucheux Revolver - LincolnMan - 06-20-2019 11:50 AM

Ok. Nice!