Lefaucheux Pinfire Revolver
name: label: licensee
content: Lefaucheux, Casimir
notes: label: Description
content: The French-made .44 caliber Lefaucheux had metallic cartridges that fired when punctured by pins driven by the hammer. Purchased by the Union, it was also carried by a few Confederate officers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: associated place
content: Belgium
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.77204M
label: catalog number
content: 77204M
label: accession number
content: 306420
label: serial number
content: 68400
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Object Name
content: revolver, pinfire
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Pin Fire; 11 Mm; Rifled; Breech Load; 2G; Da
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 11 5/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 29.5275 cm x 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, barrel length: 5 in; 12.7 cm