1854 1858 LEFAUCHEUX REVOLVER FOR SALE SERIAL NUMBER
There are various sources that claim differing serial number ranges of this first order, but The Lefaucheux Family Archives has matched up original purchase orders and invoices to determine that they are around the LF14597 – LF15936 range. In October 1859 they ordered 800 revolvers and 120,000 pinfire cartridges for the Norwegian Navy with a delivery date of summer 1860. On 12 September 1859, a Norwegian military commission recommend contracting with Eugène Lefaucheux to acquire some of his model 1854 pinfire revolvers to begin updating their service handguns. Some researchers think it is unlikely that Pauly created the compressed air version for the military review in 1812 and then pivoted to the percussion version in his civilian model later in 1812 and then back to the compressed air version that he patented in London. Image of Pauly Pistol assigned to the 1812 Pauly Patent by the French National Institute of Industrial Property Early reviews of the system and the official recorded record of the patent all speak of this percussion mechanism. The patent application does not go into details on how the mechanism works and the accompanying drawings show images of a rifle and pistol that use a percussion piston to hit an early percussion compound. What is contested is if this was also the design of his French patent from 22 September 1812. This design was also patented in England in 18, where Pauly moved after selling his Parisian shop. It is described in a report by a French military commission on 16 July 1812. What is known for sure is that around this time, Pauly created and patented a system of igniting a charge by the use of rapidly compressed air with a fire piston. There are conflicting opinions on exactly what this first gun was at this time as some modern researchers believe that much of the historical documentation is incorrect, or at least conflates Pauly’s inventions and the inventions of Pauly’s successor, Henri Roux. Casimir Lefaucheux worked as an apprentice for Pauly and began to learn the trade of gun making. This story of Casimir Lefaucheux’s first pistol begins in 1812 when Jean Samuel Pauly patented an early breech-loading pistol and rifle. These were also used on the first rifles Lefaucheux made after buying the company from Pichereau.Ĭasimir Lefaucheux Percussion Pistol from Author’s collection I also picked up a 28g cartridge made for a Czech military pistol made by Anton Vincenz Lebeda that was issued to cavalry officers as well as a 4g Eley pinfire shotshell.īut the highlight would have to be a Pichereau-patented percussion nipple used on his Pauly system rifles. It is possible it was made during the time of the prior Sultan as well. This particular one should be of “His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful” who reigned over the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 – 27 April 1909. The headstamp is a tughra (a calligraphic signature of the Ottoman Sultans).
It dates to around the 1880s and was probably made in the Tophane Factory in Constantinople. I was able to pick up some great cartridges for my collection including a 13x52R Pinfire carbine cartridge made by the Ottoman Empire. We stayed at a fancy castle and really enjoyed the pristine landscape and atmosphere of the area. The trip started with a visit to the European Cartridge Research Association international show in Aerzen, Germany where I was able to meet some friends who I had previously only conversed with online and others who I had not seen for a couple years due to COVID. I recently took a trip to Germany and France with my wife and I took the opportunity to trace down some Lefaucheux and pinfire related things!
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