Come On Christmas Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Wondering? Shameless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 1851 according to this: http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=338342412891412&set=a.232289633496691.57631.119940478064941&type=1&theater GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kajun Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I'm thinking it was his right......or was it his left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Come On Christmas Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Gunner, I jest went to my Facebook page. No link. Howdoya look it up? Shameless P.S. it worked on my computer, but not on my Iphone. Sooo nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Clayton Conagher #43872 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Wikipedia says this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_1851_Navy_Revolver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Gunner, I jest went to my Facebook page. No link. Howdoya look it up? Shameless Hmmmm - try typing in NRA national Firearms Museum in your FB search box. when you find it just scroll down and you will see a cool pic of an 1851 similar to the one Lee used supposedly. The caption says: Well, it's another Monday and thinking back 147 years to 1865, today (April 9) was the sad day that General Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant. But at least the GUN OF THE DAY is more upbeat as General Lee once owned a very similar engraved Colt M1851 revolver with ivory grip panels, and under the terms of the surrender, Confederate officers were allowed to retain their sidearms. For today's special Civil War trivia question - where is Lee's Colt revolver currently? GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hmmmm - try typing in NRA national Firearms Museum in your FB search box. when you find it just scroll down and you will see a cool pic of an 1851 similar to the one Lee used supposedly. The caption says: Well, it's another Monday and thinking back 147 years to 1865, today (April 9) was the sad day that General Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant. But at least the GUN OF THE DAY is more upbeat as General Lee once owned a very similar engraved Colt M1851 revolver with ivory grip panels, and under the terms of the surrender, Confederate officers were allowed to retain their sidearms. For today's special Civil War trivia question - where is Lee's Colt revolver currently? GG ~ The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond has both his pistol and the sword he attempted to surrender to Grant at Appomattox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond has both his pistol and the sword he attempted to surrender to Grant at Appomattox As an aside, didn't JEB Stuart carry a LeMat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry McKenna #700L Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I beleive that General Stuart and Gen Beauregard carried LeMats, thus linking that French revolver with the Confederacy forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 As an aside, didn't JEB Stuart carry a LeMat? This JEB Stuart escapade happened just up the road from where I now live. No details were provided about his revolvers: Stumpys Corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pack Saddle Slim, SASS #73122 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I beleive that General Stuart and Gen Beauregard carried LeMats, thus linking that French revolver with the Confederacy forever. Yep, you're right. So did Braxton Bragg. Also, IIRC, Beauregard was LeMat's cousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el Gato Gordo - SASS #15162 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I beleive that General Stuart and Gen Beauregard carried LeMats, thus linking that French revolver with the Confederacy forever. FRENCH? I think not: Dr. Jean Alexandre Francois LeMat (1824–1883), is best known for the percussion cap revolver that bears his name (see LeMat revolver). LeMat, then a New Orleans physician, secured US 15925 for his design on October 21, 1856. British patents for the same design were issued in 1859, and he later designed a revolver rifle of similar concept as the handgun. AMERICAN, mi amigo! Buena suerte, eGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodbuster Brown Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I believe that they were produced in France and England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Taveras SASS#79313 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I believe that they were produced in France and England. You're Right Amigo!!!Lemat had them built in belgium and france and then proofed in england.......Lemat had a french born partner that fled the USA...when the war started........I think his name was GIRARD.........Some where I 've seen their names together on The Lemat pistol info.....I think they made a "baby Lemat,and a Lemat carbine Too..............Tuco(I was very young at the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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