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* Seen in ''[[Twelve Monkeys]]'': given to James Cole/Bruce Willis in airport (end of the film). | * Seen in ''[[Twelve Monkeys]]'': given to James Cole/Bruce Willis in airport (end of the film). | ||
* Carried by Buford Coker, former South Carolina infantryman, on cattle drive in 1868 in both movie and novel of Centennial. | * Carried by Buford Coker, former South Carolina infantryman, on cattle drive in 1868 in both tv movie and novel of Centennial. | ||
===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
Revision as of 18:53, 28 May 2010
The LeMat 1861 revolver has been seen in the following films:
Info
The LeMat percussion revolver was invented by a French gunsmith and first issued in 1861. The gun was famed for its 9 shot capacity and an under barrel 16 or 18 gauge shotgun, and was favored by Confederate soldiers during the civil war. Production ceased mainly in 1865 but the gun was still made in limited quantities for quite a long time. Today, some companies make reproduction models.
Specifications
- Weight: 3.1 lb (1.41 kg), unloaded
- Length: 13.25in. (356 mm)
- Caliber: .42 Ball (.44 repro) or .36 ball, 16ga Shot
- Action: Single Action revolver
- Rate of fire: 9 rounds/minute
- Muzzle velocity: 620 ft/s (190 m/s)
- Effective range: 40 yd
- Maximum range: 100 yd
- Feed system: 9-round cylinder, single-shot smoothbore secondary barrel
- Sights: fixed front post and rear notch
Film
- A quickdraw contestant in The Quick and the Dead
- Seen in a guncase in The Punisher (2004)
- Jude Law as Inman in Cold Mountain (in novel too)
- Seen in Twelve Monkeys: given to James Cole/Bruce Willis in airport (end of the film).
- Carried by Buford Coker, former South Carolina infantryman, on cattle drive in 1868 in both tv movie and novel of Centennial.
Television
- Fired by R. Lee Ermey in an episode of Mail Call
- Seen in the Short-lived TV Show Firefly, modified to look more futuristic
- A 1959–1960 CBS television show, "Johnny Ringo" aired for one season (38 episodes). Ringo was played by Don Durant and carried a LeMat revolver
Video Games
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Unable to use the shotgun barrel)