Antique Lefaucheux Revolver

Obsolete Calibre Antique French Lefaucheux 11mm Pinfire Calibre Revolver in excellent condition, with a very solid, tight action and excellent bore. It is dated 1859. In 1854, Eugene Lefaucheux introduced the Lefaucheux Model 1854, notable as being the first revolver to use self-contained metallic cartridges. It was a single-action, pinfire revolver holding six rounds. Both the Federal forces and the Confederate forces used Lefaucheux revolvers in the American Civil War. The Union Army typically issued them to cavalry soldiers, especially in the states of Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin. They were also adopted by Russia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Peru, as well as others. Obsolete calibre antique, no licence required.