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Most Lefaucheux’s sold from the Norwegian armed forces have a lion stamped on the right side of the frame. ![]() One found the design to be too weak and strengthened is with this strap. One interesting detail with the Norwegian used Lefaucheux’s is the strap mounted above the cylinder. ![]() From the top: The navy’s M1850, Then a double-action officers revolver M1864 (also had octagonal barrels), a single-action enlisted men’s revolver M1864 (these also had some with octagonal barrels) and the Kongsberg produced one for the enlisted men at the bottom. The picture to the left shoes the main models used in Norway (click the picture to get a larger one). Lefaucheux-type 6 shot Pin Fire Revolver 7mm Pepperbox circa 1859 folding trigger GI: 101550986 Lefaucheux Type 6 shot pin fire revolver in 7mm with. The 1854 model was the first metallic-cartridge revolver adopted by a national government the 1858 was the first variant fielded It was first issued in 1858 by the French Navy, and though never issued by the French Army, it was used in limited numbers by the French Cavalry during their 1862 deployment to Mexico. ![]() There were only made a couple of hundred of these. The Lefaucheux M1858 was a French military revolver developed for the navy, chambered for the 12 mm pinfire cartridge, and based on a design by Casimir Lefaucheux and his son, Eugene. The picture at the top of this page is an ultra rare Norwegian Lefaucheux – produced at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. Weapon size: Total length: 19.2 cm Octagonal barrel: 8.4 cm Height of weapon: 9. It is a ‘vest pocket’ weapon with foldable/retractable trigger Condition: Perfect condition. ![]() Pinfire revolver 6-shot 7 mm calibre Lefaucheux, Liege. Usually the Norwegian army was way ahead the navy on new models, but while the navy got their first shipment of the 11 mm Lefaucheux’s already in 1859, the army did not get theirs before a full five years later. Superb 6-shot revolver 7 mm calibre Lefaucheux.
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