Source For A LeMat Revolver?

[David Balthazar]

Been looking around and having no luck--plenty of fake websites though and they are quite... pricey...

I feel like the Navy Version is the one I'd like. 

 

Y'all have any leads?

 

Thank you!

 

-DB

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

DIXIE GUN WORKS

[David Balthazar]

Thank you--but was hoping for the Navy and is it really $1400.00 now?  I saw some for 41K previously, but I don't know if the site was legit...

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

3 minutes ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said:

DIXIE GUN WORKS

Although that is the Army version.  Yes, they are pricey.  Interestingly, the price for the Navy on Dixie's website is $320 more than the same gun on EMF website.  If I wanted one, I'd put it on back order at EMF.  Since they are owned by Pietta, probably have as good a chance as anybody of getting it from Italy.

 

Have you ever handled one?  Reviews I've read say they are not very user friendly.

[Springfield Slim SASS #24733]

They are in a class of their own. 9- 44 loads and a 20 shotgun barrel included!  Yup, the EMF versions are cheaper than Dixie's, but Dixie actually has them in stock, so not really a fair comparison. Who knows how much EMF LeMats will be when they actually get some.

[Cholla]

Just like the originals, a great deal of work and tooling changes goes in to making one. And there was no Army/Navy version in the originals. There were design changes but  it was to make them quicker to manufacture. The $41K version is most likely an authentic LeMat like this one that I did an article on last year.

 

 

[David Balthazar]

Sorry--I mean for $1K-- not $41K but they are cool.

 

I want it as an ankle gun... ;-)

 

[Cholla]

If the Civil war hadn't have happened, the LeMat may very well have been the military sidearm of the US. military instead of the Colt. Fate is fickle.

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

I still want a conversion cylinder for one.   (Leave the shotgun barrel unchanged.)

[Pee Wee #15785]

There are a few conversions out there made by John (Glen or Glin), think they were .38sp.  Have not seen one in years.  I have a pair of Pietta Calvary models in .44.  I think the shotgun took a patched .69 round ball.  Been years since I shot them.  They do not handle like Colts or Remington’s.  Their grip is a lot like early flintlock pistols having a slant to them.

[David Balthazar]

I guess I will still keep looking, unless there are any other leads...

 

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

On 5/2/2022 at 3:31 PM, David Balthazar said:

I want it as an ankle gun... ;-)

 

You must have pretty BIG ankles.