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Thanks to Laurie and Bob Cook for sending this link:

https://news.yahoo.com/gun-van-gogh-kill...47128.html
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:

[Image: joerevolver1.jpg]

[Image: joerevolver2.jpg]
5 shot?
Very interesting! Thanks for posting!
(06-19-2019 05:51 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: [ -> ]5 shot?

Six
Ok. Nice!
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