3/13/2023 0 Comments Lefaucheux revolver serial numbersGévelot manufactured pinfire cartridges from old Norwegian collection of V. There are some early Gévelot cartridges that have turned up so it is likely that they could have been what was provided. It is unknown what 120,000 cartridges were included with this purchase. Credit: Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (FMU.001991) It is thought that there are no special markings that specifically indicate which guns Lefaucheux made specifically went to fulfill this first order. This first order of revolvers followed the below design as shown in this example from the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum where they have it labeled as an example of the Norwegian Navy Model 1859. Some of this is detailed in the excellent book on the subject, La Production des Modeles d’Eugène Lefaucheux by Guillaume Van Mastrigt. There are various sources that claim differing serial number ranges of this first order, but The Lefaucheux Family Archives has matched up original purchase orders and invoices to determine that they are around the LF14597 – LF15936 range. ![]() In October 1859 they ordered 800 revolvers and 120,000 pinfire cartridges for the Norwegian Navy with a delivery date of summer 1860. On 12 September 1859, a Norwegian military commission recommend contracting with Eugène Lefaucheux to acquire some of his model 1854 pinfire revolvers to begin updating their service handguns.
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