Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 805
A RARE 7mm PINFIRE LEFAUCHEUX PATENT TWENTY-SHOT OVER-UNDER REVOLVER, serial no. LF397,

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A RARE 7mm PINFIRE LEFAUCHEUX PATENT TWENTY-SHOT OVER-UNDER REVOLVER, serial no. LF397,
circa 1860, with over-under 4 3/4in. barrel configuration (fore-sight absent), the top of barrel signed in script 'E. LEFAUCHEUX BTE PARIS' (rubbed), fully fluted twenty-shot staggered cylinder firing on alternate outer and inner chambers, open iron frame, the recoil shield with swing open loading gate, external spurred hammer with sighting notch to the nose and decorative tail to head, iron grip-straps with smooth semi saw-backed walnut grips, lanyard ring at heel, folding trigger and plunge ejector rod on hinged crane, traces of finish, action at fault



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Estimate £400-600

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament