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$15,250.00

MHG1125 PARIS SECOND MODEL LEMAT PERCUSSION REVOLVER; The Second Model LeMat revolver was manufactured in Paris, France from 1864 to 1865 and features a 9-shot upper 6-3/4 inch octagon rifled barrel that is chambered in 42 caliber with a good bore showing scattered light roughness and strong rifling. Combined with a central 5 inch round smoothbore lower barrel that is about a 16 gauge meant for buckshot. The metal surfaces have mostly toned to a deep plum/brown patina with some scattered light dings and lots of character. The small loading lever spring and takedown pin spring are later replacements. The barrel address “Col Le Mat Bte s.g.d.g. Paris” is intact and looks good. The right barrel flat shows the serial number and “(Star) / LM” stamping. Frame and cylinder serial numbers also remain strong. Matching numbers are found on frame, barrel, cylinder, grip screw and triggerguard. The checkered walnut grips are slightly worn with edge wear and light dings but look very good having darkened from the years. The front sight is a period replacement or modification as it is notched rather in the style of a rear sight. A few of the nipples are later replacements. A flipper on the hammer face adjusts up or down to strike either the upper revolver nipple or the lower central shotgun nipple. Action functions but the timing and lock-up are slightly off but the hammer is crisp on full and half cock.

Design changes for the Second Model were gradually implemented to improve reliability and decrease production costs. Second Model LeMats often feature a round trigger guard that transitioned from a spurred design to a smooth rounded profile, an integral lanyard ring on the butt that replaced the swiveling ring on the butt cap with a simpler fixed solid loop, an octagon barrel, a pull-out assembly latch that swapped the complex spring-loaded takedown lever for a straightforward pull-out cross-plug pin, a center-mounted hammer pivot, and a loading lever mounted on the left side of the barrel that was relocated from the right side of the frame to the left side pivoting upward to service the top cylinder chambers. Approximately 1,500 to 2,050 units of this second pattern were produced for military use. This is a very respectable example of the desirable and iconic LeMat “grapeshot” revolver that is famed for its potency and popularity with prominent Confederate officers.

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MHG1125 PARIS SECOND MODEL LEMAT PERCUSSION REVOLVER; The Second Model LeMat revolver was manufactured in Paris, France from 1864 to 1865 and features a 9-shot upper 6-3/4 inch octagon rifled barrel that is chambered in 42 caliber with a good bore showing scattered light roughness and strong rifling. Combined with a central 5 inch round smoothbore lower barrel that is about a 16 gauge meant for buckshot. The metal surfaces have mostly toned to a deep plum/brown patina with some scattered light dings and lots of character. The small loading lever spring and takedown pin spring are later replacements. The barrel address “Col Le Mat Bte s.g.d.g. Paris” is intact and looks good. The right barrel flat shows the serial number and “(Star) / LM” stamping. Frame and cylinder serial numbers also remain strong. Matching numbers are found on frame, barrel, cylinder, grip screw and triggerguard. The checkered walnut grips are slightly worn with edge wear and light dings but look very good having darkened from the years. The front sight is a period replacement or modification as it is notched rather in the style of a rear sight. A few of the nipples are later replacements. A flipper on the hammer face adjusts up or down to strike either the upper revolver nipple or the lower central shotgun nipple. Action functions but the timing and lock-up are slightly off but the hammer is crisp on full and half cock.

Design changes for the Second Model were gradually implemented to improve reliability and decrease production costs. Second Model LeMats often feature a round trigger guard that transitioned from a spurred design to a smooth rounded profile, an integral lanyard ring on the butt that replaced the swiveling ring on the butt cap with a simpler fixed solid loop, an octagon barrel, a pull-out assembly latch that swapped the complex spring-loaded takedown lever for a straightforward pull-out cross-plug pin, a center-mounted hammer pivot, and a loading lever mounted on the left side of the barrel that was relocated from the right side of the frame to the left side pivoting upward to service the top cylinder chambers. Approximately 1,500 to 2,050 units of this second pattern were produced for military use. This is a very respectable example of the desirable and iconic LeMat “grapeshot” revolver that is famed for its potency and popularity with prominent Confederate officers.

ANTIQUE   $ 15,250.