Army ever gave the pistol a formal trial. Because of the shortage of manufacturing facilities and materials in the South, the gun order was placed with a manufacturer in Paris, France. From to only several thousand weapons were actually produced as manufacturing difficulties plagued the revolver. In addition, it was not the most practical weapon, with one young Confederate midshipman describing it as "a horrible contraption … which when fired would almost tear the arm off a man with its recoil.
Stuart, owned LeMats. Encyclopedia Virginia Grady Ave. Virginia Humanities acknowledges the Monacan Nation , the original people of the land and waters of our home in Charlottesville, Virginia.
We invite you to learn more about Indians in Virginia in our Encyclopedia Virginia. British patents for the same design were issued in That design represented one of the first multishot percussion revolvers in a world where many people were still using flintlocks and single-shot percussion guns.
Army, Le Mat tried to interest the Army in his revolutionary design several times in the late s. While the officers who tested the prototypes were impressed, the Ordnance Department failed to express any interest. The nine-chambered cylinder accepted. The grapeshot barrel was. A quick flick of a small lever mounted on the hammer nose allowed the user to select the desired barrel. As the design stood, Le Mat intended to use a sliding rammer for loading the cylinder and a jointed one for loading the grapeshot barrel; when the guns were actually produced, however, a jointed rammer was employed for both duties.
The revolver was constructed of blued steel, with grips of polished walnut, and was a total of The upper, rifled barrel was 6. The lower barrel was 5 inches long, and an extension could be attached to it to form a true shotgun.
It was designed as a single-action weapon, equipped with a mainspring mount and hammer linkage. Shell casings were removed with a slide rod ejector. Very few of these grapeshot pistols were manufactured prior to the outbreak of hostilities between North and South, and those produced were little more than experimental prototypes. The Le Mat pistol did not come into its own until early , when Dr. Le Mat, a longtime Southern sympathizer, offered his invention to the newly formed Confederate government.
This is repeated for each major weapon. There are also several other general information sections about various aspects of small arms. Of considerable use to wargamers is a section listing known weapons of MANY regiments approximately 1, Description: In the early transition from the long-lived flintlock system, handgun development closely paralleled that of the long arms.
With the advent of the revolving pistols, however; came patents that created monopolies in revolver production and the through-bored cylinder necessary for self-contained metallic cartridges.
The caplock revolvers took on a separate evolution and remained state of the art long after the widespread appearance of cartridge firing rifles and shotguns. They rode in the holsters of explorers and adventurers across the world and granted safe conduct in the back—alleys of the Industrial West right up until the last quarter of the 19th Century.
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Largely because of the traditions that emerged in the time of the caplock pistols and revolvers, they remain so in the early years of the 21st Century. The lifelong shooting enthusiasts have researched and written many articles about modern and historic firearms, which have been published in mass-market magazines. Description: This massive edition is the preferred desk reference and price guide to the world of antique, collectible, vintage and modern firearms.
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He resides in Goshen , Indiana. Return to American Civil War Homepage. Return to top. Best viewed with Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. Conclusion The LeMat revolver didn't change the outcome of the war and it didn't turn the tide of a single battle, but to the soldier who owned it, there was a sense of empowerment, a psychological advantage, and confidence and exuberance unmatched by those without the revolver. Related Reading Prior and during the Civil War, both sides continued to acquire, capture, manufacture, and even modify their respective firearms, small arms, guns, rifles, pistols, and weapons.
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