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[[Image:Lemat.jpg|thumb|right|500px|LeMat 1861 current reproduction (Cavalry version) - .36 or .44 caliber.]] | [[Image:Lemat.jpg|thumb|right|500px|LeMat 1861 current reproduction (Cavalry version) - .36 or .44 caliber.]] | ||
[[Image:Le-mat-revolver.jpg|thumb|right|500px|LeMat 1869 centerfire cartridge model - 11mm / 20 gauge.]] | [[Image:Le-mat-revolver.jpg|thumb|right|500px|LeMat 1869 centerfire cartridge model - 11mm / 20 gauge.]] | ||
==Info== | ==Info== | ||
Revision as of 04:02, 1 September 2010
The LeMat 1861 revolver has been seen in the following films:
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
Variants
- Muzzle Loader
- Pinfire
- Centrefire
- Carbine (With extended barrel and rifle stock)
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)
- Bruce Willis as James Cole in Twelve Monkeys
Television
- Fired by R. Lee Ermey in an episode of Mail Call
- 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
- Red Dead Redemption (Unable to use the shotgun barrel)
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Unable to use the shotgun barrel)