A Rare Le Mat And Girard's Patent Dual-System Ten-Shot Percussion Revolver

NO. 2247, CIRCA 1863

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A Rare Le Mat And Girard's Patent Dual-System Ten-Shot Percussion Revolver
No. 2247, circa 1863
With 60-bore octagonal sighted barrel stamped 'Syst.me Lemat B.t S.G.D.G. Paris' on the top flat, with rammer on the left side and 16-bore grapeshot barrel beneath, plain cylinder and action (left plate of the latter replaced), hammer with pivoting nose, chequered walnut grips, and pommel with integral lanyard ring (some light pitting), London proof marks
13.3/8in. (34cm.)

Lot Essay

Dr. Jean Alexandre Franois Le Mat first patented his revolver in America in 1856. The partnership with Charles Frederic Girard dates from 1860, and production was limited to about 3,000 revolvers between 1862 and 1865
See Valmore J. Forgett and Alain F. and Marie-Antoinette Serpette, Le Mat, The Man, The Gun, New Jersey, 1996

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