The most romantic of all Confederate Weapons   CONFEDERATE LEMAT “GRAPESHOT” REVOLVER

Numerous texts talk of the Lemat revolvers. Confederate Handgunsby William Albaugh and Ed Simmons denote their largest chapter on this particular manufacturer. Other texts have emerged over the years with the most definitive being written by Doug Adams. Even in the 1997 prize winning and top selling novel Cold Mountainby Charles Frazier, the hero, Inman, carries a pair of LeMat revolvers. LeMat revolvers were, indeed, prized by Confederate soldiers as they were 9-shot pistol with 18 gauge shotgun barrel in addition. Well marked. Bbl address is crisp as are SNs that are found on all major components. Checkered stock is very good Wiley Sword in his text Firepower From Abroad notes that only the first 1450 LeMats made it to the Confederacy in time for the Gettysburg Campaign. This would have been one that made it through blockade for the major 1863 and 1864 Campaigns of the Civil War. LeMat revolvers were prized by their Confederate owners (and Yankee capturers too). Many notable Confederate Generals and Officers were known to have carried these unique weapons. Almost certainly the most popular side-arm of the Civil War then and now.

The action functions in all positions Loading lever is a professional replacement. Most of these are found without a loading lever because the soldiers were in the habit of breaking them off because they had a tendency to stick in the cylinder and interfere with the action.