LeMat Revolver - Wikipedia
The LeMat revolver was a .42 or .36 caliber cap & ball black powder revolver invented by Jean Alexandre LeMat of France, which featured an unusual secondary 16 to 20 gauge smooth-bore barrel capable of firing buckshot.
LEMAT - Blue Book Of Gun Values
lemat 1st model "grapeshot" revolver .42 cal. pistol chambers and .63 cal. buckshot (18 ga.) shotgun barrel, single action open top frame, 9 shot unfluted cylinder, 6 1/2 in. rifled octagon revolver barrel over 5 in. round smoothbore single shot barrel with cannon style muzzle...
Weaponry: Le Mat - HistoryNet
2006年6月12日 · Originally, all Le Mat revolvers came in one model –.40 caliber above 18 gauge. That changed when purchasers for the Confederate Navy, intrigued by the Le Mat pistols manufactured for the Rebel Army, negotiated a contract with the French arms dealers for a lighter .35-caliber pistol equipped with a 28-gauge (.50 caliber) shotgun barrel.
Fistful of Firepower - HistoryNet
2016年10月26日 · Board members fired a total of 25 pistol and 13 shotgun loads into an unspecified target (probably a thick slab of wood) at a distance of between 15 and 35 yards. LeMat’s revolver performed well on average, with the pistol rounds and the 1-ounce shotgun balls penetrating 2.5 inches, the buckshot loads 1 inch.
LeMat Revolver: The Innovative, Single-Handed, Close ... - HistoryNet
2022年3月8日 · Patented in 1856 by Jean Alexandre LeMat, a Frenchman living in New Orleans at that time, the revolver was a cap and ball muzzle-loader featuring a central smoothbore shotgun barrel, which also served as the axis for an enlarged revolver cylinder, typically .42-cal, that fired down a longer 6.75-inch parallel barrel. The shooter could switch ...
LeMat Revolver – Pistol & Shotgun in One - Petticoats & Pistols
2010年9月24日 · On October 21, 1856, he was granted United States Patent No. 15,925 for a unique design of the first multi-shot percussion revolver with an 18-gauge grapeshot barrel fixed beneath it. The lower barrel was 5 inches long, and an …
LeMat Revolver | An Official Journal Of The NRA - American …
2014年4月3日 · The LeMat "grape-shot" revolver was a favorite of Confederate cavalrymen during the Civil War thanks to its central shotgun barrel and nine-shot cylinder. Later, LeMats were also made as...
LeMat Revolver - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader
2024年5月16日 · The LeMat revolver was a .42 or .36 caliber cap & ball black powder revolver invented by Jean Alexandre LeMat of France, which featured an unusual secondary 16 to 20 gauge smooth-bore barrel capable of firing buckshot.
The Double-Barreled LeMat Revolver - Outdoor Life
2022年5月3日 · The LeMat revolver was a unique Civil War-era wheel gun chambered in .42-caliber that also fired a 20-gauge projectile.
The Civil War's LeMat Revolver :: Guns.com
2013年7月1日 · With the Civil War warming up, LeMat quickly captured a 5,000-unit contract for his revolver at $35 per weapon, more than twice the price of a Colt. LeMat, made a colonel in the Louisiana...