![]() ![]() “Why carry a six shot when you could carry a 20 shot?” – Casimir Lefaucheux, probably. The folks at the Cody Firearms Museum are fantastic and I highly recommend checking them out! Made in Paris, the gun alternates firing from the outer and inner set of chambers which are aligned with the top and bottom barrels, respectively.” 44) was among the most commonly used, although more exotic Belgian pinfire revolvers with as many as 20 chambers in a massive double-stacked cylinder were chambered in 7 mm. ![]() “This 20 shot revolver fire 7.65 mm pinfire cartridges from two barrels and a rather large cylinder. This photo is from Cody Firearms Facebook page and their caption is below: For today, we have a Pinfire revolver, but something is incredible about it: it is a 20 shot revolver! Absolutely overkill, but hey, back then it was about high capacity, too. If you are not familiar with Pinfire ammunition please take some time and check out our Curious Relics article going over what it really is. The Lefaucheux was to become the fourth most commonly used revolver in the American Civil War, surpassed only by the Colt, Remington and Starr percussion pistols. Pistol, pinfire revolver of Lefaucheux, type Lefaucheux ELG 8 mm or 7 mm 6 shots Period 19th century Diameter of holes in the cylinder 8 mm Diameter of inside barrel 7 mm Calibre 8 mm 6 shots Stamped on the barrel: A Crown, R, a P and symbol and below C and 36 - Stamped on the cylinder on the side: A symbol, P, a Crown ELG circled and side. Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! The first real stop-gap of cartridges as we know it was Pinfire. POTD: 20 Shot 7.65mm Lefaucheux Pinfire Revolver
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