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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 (also a gun designer). The 1854 model was the first metallic-cartridge revolver adopted by a national government; the 1858 was the first variant fielded. [4]
The M1854 model was a single-action, pinfire revolver holding six rounds. [1] It was a French military revolver chambered for the 12 mm pinfire cartridge, based on a design by Casimir Lefaucheux (Eugene's father, who was also a gun designer). The M1854 revolver spawned numerous variants, some of which were produced under license in other countries.
While pinfire rifles and shotguns began to decline in use from the early 1860s onward, after the introduction of mass-produced centerfire rifle and shotgun cartridges, pinfire revolvers in particular became very successful and widespread, being adopted by the armies of France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and others.
Type 26 revolver: Koishikawa Arsenal: 9mm Japanese revolver: 6 Japan: 1893-1935 Landstad revolver: Halvard Landstad 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance: 2 (+ 6 extra rounds) Norway: 1900 (never entered production) Lefaucheux M1858: Casimir Lefaucheux: 12mm pinfire: 6 Second French Empire: 1858-1865 LeMat Revolver: Jean Alexandre LeMat.42 ball.36 ball 20 gauge
Lefaucheux-Francotte M. 71 [2] or Revolver m/1871 [3] was a 19th-century Belgian revolver made for Swedish military. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] [ 4 ] It was also the first service revolver of the Principality of Serbia .
A popular revolver that was never officially issued but was often bought privately. Colt M1851 Navy revolver: Colt's most popular revolver for the 1850s civilian market in .36 caliber. The name 'Navy' came from the cylinder of the revolvers being engraved with a scene of the victory of the Second Texas Navy at the Battle of Campeche on May 16 ...
Casimir Lefaucheux obtained his first patent in 1827. In 1832, he completed a drop-barrel sporting gun with paper cartridges. [1] Lefaucheux is credited with the development of one of the first efficient self-contained cartridge systems. This 1835 invention, featuring a pinfire mechanism, followed the pioneering work of Jean Samuel Pauly in
Originally, the 12 mm, was a classic Lefaucheux cartridge, with a side pin from its introduction in 1858 until 1873, when it was adapted and became a rimmed center-fire cartridge for use in the MAS revolver 1873-1874 then used by the French Army. [1]