More obsolete cartridge arms available on the Steel and Shot website. Price includes shipping in Australia, lay buy available. The M1854 model was a single-action, pinfire revolver holding six rounds. Please note that while this pistol uses an obsolete cartridge regulations and licensing vary from state to state, check with your appropriate authority. In 1854, Frenchman Eugene Lefaucheux introduced the Lefaucheux Model 1854, notable as being the first revolver to use self-contained metallic cartridges rather than loose powder, pistol ball, and percussion caps. This dates the revolver to before 1861.Īlthough this revolver is only in a fair condition with evident corrosion and a repair to the grip, the double action is in good order and the ejector rod with its retaining spring is still present and straight.
#1854 lefaucheux revolver ram rod serial number
The markings of ‘INVON E LEFAUCHEUX / BREVETE SGDG (PARIS)’ is still mostly visible on the left side of the frame and the Lefaucheux prefixed serial number of ‘LF 9397’ is clearly visible of the right side. Only remnants of the address line are visible on top of the barrel. This six shot French 1854 model Lefaucheux patent pinfire revolver has a sighted round barrel measuring just over 6 inches and the whole arm measures about 11 ¼ inches. In 1859 the Norwegian navy ordered 800 single-action 11mm. It is known that some units commanded by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest carried these model 1854s. The first Lefaucheux revolver was patented in 1854, and when the French navy adopted a six-shot 12mm Lefaucheux revolver in 1858 France became the first country to officially adopt a metallic cartridge for military use. It took about 2 minutes to load a 1851 Colt Navy with combustible cartridges while it took about 35 seconds to reload the pinfire.Īlthough only 13,000 where officially imported for use by the US Government many more where thought to have been imported by other agents north and south. It’s advantage over a percussion revolver was obvious.
#1854 lefaucheux revolver ram rod tv
This prop, identified by the lack of the ejector rod, is seen in several other Soviet movies and TV series, produced by Tsentralnoye Televideniye (Central Television) and Studio Ekran, like Sobaka.
At the start of the American Civil War the large model 1854 LeFaucheux 12mm pinfire revolver was the most advanced military handgun in the world. In the segment 'Boots' stage actor Pavel Blistanov shows a Lefaucheux Model 1854 revolver to his performance partner.
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