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Re: Colt Revolving Rifles & Shotguns
28/10/14 01:35 AM

if Colonel Colt had gone the step to breech loading cartridges a little bit earlier he had avoid the chain fire problem. here you have a revolving carbine by Lefaucheux in Paris Mod 1858

http://www.galeriedemars.fr/allfolks/CFA2007_frameset_UK.html
65 cm long barrel, shoot the long 12 mm Pinfire carbine cartridge

such revolving carbine had have some popularity in the 1860s
here is a Liege made copy in 10mm pinfire in the next Hermann Historica auction

http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_de/onlinekatalogeneu/schusswaffenneu.html

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Edited by lancaster (28/10/14 03:20 PM)

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Re: Colt Revolving Rifles & Shotguns	DarylS	27/10/14 08:30 AM
Re: Colt Revolving Rifles & Shotguns	lancaster	27/10/14 03:37 PM
Re: Colt Revolving Rifles & Shotguns	lancaster	28/10/14 01:35 AM
Re: Colt Revolving Rifles & Shotguns	Ash	12/11/14 06:47 PM
Re: Colt Revolving Rifles & Shotguns	Ash	15/11/14 01:05 PM
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