Pietta LeMat Cavalry .44-Cal. Black-Powder Revolver

Pietta LeMat Cavalry .44-Cal. American history’s mid-1800s saw creation of a variety of inventive designs for firearms. developed by New Orleans by Dr. Jean LeMat in 1856 and later, in 1856, backed Pierre G.T. Beauregard who went on to become an officer within the Confederacy.

The features from the Pietta LeMat Cavalry .44-Cal.

LeMat’s revolver is distinctive in the sense that it has a 9-shot.44 The cylinder revolves around a different central barrel that is greater in caliber than the chambers of the cylinder.

Also, by moving a lever to the hammer’s end shooter is able to choose which shotgun to fire, the barrel, or from the smooth-bore cylinder that results in a shotgun of 20 gauge (thus its term “Grape Shot Revolver”).

In addition, a precise replica of the original LeMat model, the Cavalry version comes with an eight-shot .44-cal. cylindrical and rifled 6.75″ Octagonal barrel that has the twist of 1:30. In battle, it has the power of the pistol barrel and an impressive amount of “blue whistles” that come from the 20-ga.

The it’s smoothbore 6.75″ round barrels created the LeMat an intimidating weapon to fight. Pietta LeMat Cavalry .44-Cal. People Black-Powder Revolver precise in features like the swivel-lanyard as well as the spur of the trigger-guard that is a duplicate of the ones found on originals. The lever to load is located to the right side. Grips made of walnut are checked.

“Grape Shot Revolver”  is the first given name to LeMat Revolver due to it one-of-a-kind sidearm feature. Founded in New Orleans in 1856 by Jean Alexandre Le Mat, whose manufacturing efforts were backed by P. G. T. Beauregard, a Confederate States Army General. All fans and lovers of Pietta LeMat Cavalry .44-Cal should contact us today to order or visit our blog posts form updates.