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Col. Le Mat - Jean François Alexander Le Mat
Stĝckel:  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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ELG proof stamp and V with crown for insdpector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

◄ COLL. A. LE MAT BRTE.   123







COLL. A. LE MAT BRTE, a very rare  pinfire variation, serial # 123, caliber 12mm in the 9-shot cylinder and 14mm buckshot in the cylinder axis. The firing pin can be easily switched. The revolver is now blued, but my experience is, that those were kept in the white - therefore I presume somebody cleaned the antique and blued. The bluing might be by Bannerman around 1900. According to my sources the Richmond Arsenal ordered for the Confederated Army percussion and also pinfire revolvers.  The revolver is in good working order, the condition is NRA very good. There are less than ten pieces known to exist, 5 are listed in the book by Forgett + Serpette, LeMat, The Man, the Gun, page 86 - 95, 186 - 18.
A similar revolver in the NRA Museum.      $10,000.

 

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