LeMat Revolver - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 Revolver (Grape Shot Revolver) - Military Factory
WEBOct 29, 2020 · The "LeMat" was an American Civil War (1861-1865) revolver emerging from the resources-strapped Confederate States of America. The LeMat was a private venture development begun in 1855 intended as a heavy weapon for mounted (cavalry) officers with design attributed to Dr. Jean Alexander Francois LeMat of New Orleans, Louisiana. He secured a U.S ...
The LeMat's Grapeshot' Revolver - GUNS Magazine
WEBIn August 1861, LeMat received an order from the Confederate War Department for 5,000 revolvers. The Confederate Navy followed suit ordering 3,000 more. LeMat settled on a factory in Paris, France to produce his revolvers.
LeMat Second Model Percussion Revolver - NRA Museum
WEBIt was he who led the firing on Fort Sumpter on Apr. 12, 1861. After the outbreak of hostilities, Le Mat, concerned with questionable wartime production in this country and with a signed contract in his pocket, went to France aboard the English mail ship Trent.
Weaponry: Le Mat - HistoryNet
WEBJun 12, 2006 · The Le Mat pistol did not come into its own until early 1861, when Dr. Le Mat, a longtime Southern sympathizer, offered his invention to the newly formed Confederate government. At General P.G.T. Beauregard’s recommendation, the Confederate Ordnance Department offered Le Mat a …
LeMat Revolver: The Innovative, Single-Handed, Close ... - HistoryNet
WEBMar 8, 2022 · The LeMat revolver was one man’s innovative effort to give European and American soldiers the ultimate in single-handed, close-quarters firepower. 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 ...
LeMat revolver - Smithsonian Institution
WEBLeMat revolver. This .42 caliber LeMat revolver has a nine-chambered cylinder and weighs about four pounds. What makes this revolver unique is the addition of a second smoothbore barrel, of approximately .63 caliber, underneath the …
The Civil War's LeMat Revolver :: Guns.com
WEBJul 1, 2013 · 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.
The LeMat Revolver | Rock Island Auction
WEBThe LeMat revolver has become a popular collector’s gun thanks to its low production numbers, novel design, and service as a Confederate cavalry weapon.
LeMat - EMF Company, Inc.
WEBGeneral Beauregard's personal engraved LeMat, which he carried throughout the war, is preserved at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA. The distinguishing characteristic of LeMat's revolver is that its 9-shot .44 cylinder revolves around a separate central barrel of larger caliber than the chambers in the cylinder proper.
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