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Tuesday 28 October 2008

WTF?

6 comments:

fboness said...

7mm Lefaucheux revolver. Oddball cartridge.

ooGcM taobmaetS said...

"The Gun For Not-Very-Good Shots"?

Zundfolge said...

Ah, the 7mm Pinfire LeFaucheaux revolver ... early "High Capacity Assault" weapon.


http://www.rc-trucks.org/7mm-pinfire-lefaucheux-revolver.htm

richard mcenroe said...

Lefourchaux (sp?) pinfire revolver?

James R. Rummel said...

That is a heavily engraved 20 shot revolver, made by the French firm of Dassy & Heuschen from 1911 until 1928.

It was designed to increase the firepower of a revolver in a time when magazine-fed autoloaders were becoming ever more popular. So what if you can reload an auto just by slapping a new clip in the magazine well, this revolver has 20 shots! You would never run out before the fight was over.

The problem was that the gun was chambered for the .22 caliber Velo-Dog cartridge. This was a paltry and weak round, even when compared to other .22 loads available at the time. Only the French would actually buy such an underpowered beast when .455 Webleys and .45 Colt automatics were on the market.

You can read all about it in a post I once wrote where I discuss double barreled revolvers.

The one you pictured is the last gun mentioned in the post, so scroll down to the end.

James

Oswald Bastable said...

French revolver- never fired, only dropped once!