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by | Jul 26, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Was the Civil War vintage LeMat revolver ever modified to take brass cartridges? Pete Booker Maidstone, England The LeMat cap and ball was immensely popular among Rebel cavalrymen and infantry officers. About 1,500 of them were shipped to the Confederate Army and Navy. It had a nine-shot cylinder. The central barrel was a smooth-bore that also functioned as a short-barreled shotgun. It wasn’t as bulky or heavy as a Colt’s Dragoon, yet it was hard-hitting. Between 1856 and 1865 some 2,900


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