LeMat Revolver

<p>The LeMat revolver was a .42 or .36 <a href="/facts/Caliber/q4hhaID2">caliber</a> <a href="/facts/Percussion_cap/kvj5E8ac">cap & ball</a> <a href="/facts/Black_powder/AEcB6HCR">black powder</a> <a href="/facts/Revolver/Kxsr0fpq">revolver</a> invented by <a href="/facts/Jean_Alexandre_LeMat/wrMw4LQA">Jean Alexandre LeMat</a> of <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, which featured an unusual secondary 16 to 20 <a href="/facts/Gauge_(bore_diameter)/4uN6v9Jw">gauge</a> smooth-bore barrel capable of firing <a href="/facts/Buckshot/YABrvUeX">buckshot</a>. It saw service with the <a href="/facts/Military_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America/98ekyD0R">armed forces of the Confederate States of America</a> during the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">American Civil War</a> of 1861–1865 and the Army of the <a href="/facts/Government_of_National_Defense/X7JcLywx">Government of National Defense</a> during the <a href="/facts/Franco-Prussian_War/DU9aBkVB">Franco-Prussian War</a>.
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LeMat Revolver