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Midlothian,
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pinfire revolvers
revolver à broche, Stiftfeuer-Revolver, penfuur
the pin fire revolvers are similar the American made "Suicide / Saturday Night Specials" inexpensive and in big numbers produced in the 1870's. At the time there were beside a few bigger factories some 400 "kitchen table gun-makers" involved. To avoid paying royalties to Lefaucheux the majority show no maker's name, only the mandatory proof stamps. Most are Belgian made and show the ELG proof. Many were sold through the European mail-order companies. The calibers are European metric named calibers, and the only correct names are 5mm, 7mm, 9mm, 12mm and very rare 15mm.
Civil War: Federal Purchases of
pin fire revolvers:
LEFAUCHEUX marked 12mm revolvers, 11,833 pieces probably in the serial # 25,000 - 37,000.
Additional were bought in Europe from different dealers, no makers and numbers available,
and most today offered to be "Confederate used" are dubious.
A lot of the inexpensive and not marked revolvers were actually made during the 1870's.
Please see Chris Curtis' book "Systeme Lefaucheux"
+ William Albaugh's book "Confederate Handguns"
Here are some German made pin fire
revolvers listed. It creates the impression that those are common. Fact
is, German made pin fire revolvers are very rare. Always searching for I was lucky
to buy a life-time-collection.
Solingen is famous for its blades and there is an excellent blade-museum, worth visiting
the Klingen-Museum.
Chaineux revolver with folding knife
Doersch & v. Baumgarten, Suhl
Hill, London, chained 7-shot cylinder
Deleaxhe knuckle duster with folding dirk
Abbate Eibar revolver with dirk
Dolne combination revolver/ knuckle duster / swing-out dagger
Eyraud scarce pinfire revolver
French 12-shot 9mm pinfire revolver
M. Javelle tip-down revolver
Dumonthier revolver with
blade and scabbard
Riffelman, Solingen
Kirschbaum, Solingen>
L. Haser in Bad Schwalbach
Belgian pinfire revolver. serial # 14 on rear of cylinder and mandatory ELG
proof stamp, caliber 9mm, unusual 6"
long
octagonal barrel with front sight
3" from muzzle. The revolver is nickel plated which is circa 95%
remaining, the grips appear to be ivory-colored Celluloid and fit very good, with folding
trigger. In good working order and excellent condition.
The revolver comes with a well fitting leather holster with a decorative
stamp marked B.A. It is in fine condition. A very uncommon set