Lefaucheux 7mm pinfire
I have recently come in possession of this neat little 7mm pinfire. I have talked to a few dealers here to find out it is probably a Lefaucheux 7mm pinfire. I have found the proof mark shown on the cylinder. All the mechanics seem to work. any one with interest, or knowledge, you help would be appreciated.
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Hello proof mark denotes BELGIUM made Other then that I can,t be of much help. 0 -
Seems to me a gun magazine, either g&a or guns, had an article detailing (as much as possible in a magazine) the history etc. of them. Very interesting read, and neat gun. 0 -
The Proof Mark is the common Belgian/Leige proof used in the smokeless powder era, starting in the early 1890's. This is quite strange as the Lefaucheux type pinfire revolvers dated to a earlier time, probably 10 to 15 years prior to change in the Proof Marks. Perhaps it was old stock from the back of the store room that they were just cleaning out? 0 -
There was a cottage industry making these in several European countries. The pinfire design was rapidly made obsolete by development of the rimfire cartridge. The revolver pictured below is similar to yours, but was actually put together from left over parts plus a new rimfire cylinder. None of this guns bring a lot of money, but there are a bunch of folks who collect them.
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Your proof mark is the Liege post-1893 proof mark, which means that the gun could have been made up into the 20th century. These were the Saturday night specials of the 19th century, quite cheap at the time, and they still exported them to South America from Belgium in the first decades of the 20th. If there are any other marks on the gun we might be able to figure out who made it and thus narrow down the manufacture date a bit. 0
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