Le Mat Cavalry Model, .44cal, by Pietta

Description

The most unusual – but certainly the most famous since the Civil War -among all the black powder revolvers bears the name of Le Mat. Jean Alexandre Francois Le Mat, of french origin, left in 1843 for the United States in order to accomplish his medicine studies. After establishing himself in New Orleans, he married an American young girl, cousin of General Pierre-Gustave Beauregard, who encouraged and financed the audacious ideas of Le Mat in diverse fields like medicine, navigation and firearms. Le Mat devised and created together with the general a new revolver used by many Confederate cavalry officers (among the other, those of the glorious I 8th Regiment of Georgia) and by the Confederate States Navy: many infantry, officers carried this gun as their personal sidearm. Dr. Le Mat’s military inventions brought him to the attention of the governor of Louisiana, who made him a colonel and appointed him as aide~de-camp on April 16, 1859. The first Le Mat models were produced in Philadelphia due to the Civil War, the production, still going to the Confederate States, was moved to France. The Le Mat was probably the most romantic and impressive revolver ever manufactured. This 9 shot .44 cal. revolver with a central single shot barrel of approx. .65 cal. gave the Confederates a considerable edge over their adversaries. Now the Le Mat has been perfectly re-created by F.lli Pietta for Cavalry, with spur trigger guard, lever type barrel release, cross pin barrel selector and a lanyard ring, and hand checkered walnut grips.

When ordering reproduction firearms from Regimental Quartermaster, please be aware of the following: Due to state law in New Jersey, we are unable to ship firearms there. We can not ship our reproduction Firearms outside of the United States. Before firing any of the listed firearms, we recommend a thorough cleaning of the rifle or revolver. We offer guides on care and maintenance of the firearms in our book section. We recommend that any live firing should be done with an experienced shooter present. Must be 18 years of age to purchase any firearms. NOTE: ALL black powder musket and revolver shipments require an adult signature for delivery!

*This weapon is currently in stock but do to the current rules company’s like PayPal have on weapon sales we can only accept payment via a phone order. We are currently working on solution which should be up in 2 weeks to once again accept order over the web. Feel free to call us at 717-338-1850 and we will be happy to take your order.*

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When ordering reproduction firearms from Regimental Quartermaster, please be aware of the following:

• Due to state law in New Jersey, we are unable to ship firearms there.
• We can not ship our reproduction Firearms outside of the United States.
• Before firing any of the listed firearms, we recommend a thorough cleaning of the rifle or revolver.
• We recommend that any live firing should be done with an experienced shooter present.
• Must be 18 years of age to purchase any firearms.

NOTE: ALL black powder musket and revolver shipments require an adult signature for delivery! Due to Legal Restrictions we do not ship firearms to New Jersey or outside the U.S.