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===Video Games===
===Video Games===


* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' (Unable to use the shotgun barrel)


* ''[[Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood]]'' (Unable to use the shotgun barrel)
* ''[[Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood]]'' (Unable to use the shotgun barrel)

Revision as of 20:34, 15 August 2010

The LeMat 1861 revolver has been seen in the following films:

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LeMat 1861 current reproduction (Cavalry version) - .36 or .44 caliber.
LeMat 1861 - .36 or .44 caliber with 16 or 28 gauge single barrel.

Info

The LeMat percussion revolver was invented by a French American 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

  • 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

  • Carried by Jayne Cobb 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