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Col. Le Mat - Jean François Alexander Le Mat
St
øckel:  born 1824 in Paris, moved 1840 to New Orleans, receives 1856 patent for his revolver where the base / cylinder pin is also used as a buckshot barrel. The revolvers started to be made 1859/1860 by Dr. Girard, Paris.

 

  Lemat pinfire revolver

  Lemat center fire revolver

 

 

 

 

 

 

◄◄  the early style of securing the frame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

early style firing pin; left picture hit the pistols of the cylinder, right picture hit the center - buckshot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Le Mat "second model" percussion revolver,  matching serial # 767, cal. .42 for the nine-shot cylinder and .62 for the buckshot or grapeshot barrel.
7" octagonal barrel with  Col. Le Mat Bté. s.g.d.g. Paris
and additional on left side 767 LM with star over LM,
the round shotgun barrel is 5" long and is the cylinder axis.  Revolver as fashionable during the period probably "kept in the white". Today it is mottled gray. Very fine two-piece checkered walnut grips, and in good working order.
A fine example for one revolver according to the numbers used during the Civil War     $25,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COl.. LEMAT'S PATENT
revolver with low serial number,
the cylinder contains 9 shots,
    cal. .42 percussion
the base pin or cylinder axis
    contains one grape- or buckshot, cal. 62


sold

 

 

ready for nine shot cylinder


 

 

 

 

 

 

ready for the buckshot center barrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hammer in carrying position

 

 

 

 

hammer cocked for cylinder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hammer cocked for barrel

 

 

Le Mat "second model" percussion revolver with original flap holster and original provenance from the family,
matching serial # 1535, cal. .44 for the nine-shot cylinder
and .62 for the buckshot or grapeshot barrel.
7" octagonal barrel with  Col. Le Mat Bté. s.g.d.g. Paris
and add ional on left side 1535 LM with star over LM,
the round shotgun barrel is 5" long and is the cylinder axis.
Cylinder,  barrel and loading lever retaining 95% original blue, with traces of blue on the frame and trigger guard. Very fine two-piece checkered walnut grips. The Le Mat is fitted with the original flap holster in excellent original condition. With a notarized letter from the original family.     sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

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