lemat revolving rifle

snidervolley · December 23, 2014, 11:04 AM

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Bishop Creek · December 24, 2014, 11:11 PM

I didn't even know that there was such a thing as a LeMat rifle. Where did you find it?

snidervolley · January 16, 2015, 10:21 AM

i built it as the real deals are rare and worth to much to shoot , so i cut up a 1200 dollar repo pistol

CameronP · January 16, 2015, 10:55 AM

That is one elegant, beautiful, classy, and artful carbine. thanks for the photos.

Bigdog57 · January 16, 2015, 11:45 AM

Superb! I always liked the funky LeMat. The Carbine is gorgeous! Now you've done it. We MUST have a range report!

musher · January 16, 2015, 01:22 PM

Nice work.
Just curious, what is the function of the tube under the barrel?

I'd sure hate to be holding on to the front end during a chain fire!

noelf2 · January 16, 2015, 03:08 PM

You don't hold anything out in front of the cylinders when shooting. You use almost the same as a two handed revolver pistol hold but have a stock in one shoulder. Same with any revolving carbine that doesn't have a gas lock or gas block.

bangerjim · January 16, 2015, 03:27 PM

I love my Circuit Judge 45/410 revolving rifle. My wife is most accurate with it.

It does have the gas check/shield so there are no burns from firing on my left hand /arm. Works very well.

Extremely accurate.....I was impressed the 1st day out.

That one you've got looks way COOOOOOOOL!

**4V50 Gary** · January 16, 2015, 03:29 PM

Well done SniderVolley

Snyper · January 16, 2015, 08:00 PM

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Just curious, what is the function of the tube under the barrel?

That's what makes a LeMat special

It's a shotgun barrel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver

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The LeMat revolver was a .42 or .36 caliber cap & ball black powder revolver invented by Jean Alexandre LeMat of New Orleans, which featured an unusual secondary 20 gauge smooth-bore barrel capable of firing buckshot.

It saw service with the armed forces of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War of 1861–65.

AKexpat · January 17, 2015, 06:18 PM

That is BEAUTIFUL! I had no idea such a thing ever existed. Flayderman does not acknowledge as such.

Vs. the pistol: why the change in the trigger guard and the thumbscrew in front of the frame?

Do you have pictures/documentation that such a longarm existed?

Just curious...

Again, I think it is one of a kind and you manufactured it.

WOW! Impressive!

Jim

Snyper · January 17, 2015, 11:38 PM

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Do you have pictures/documentation that such a longarm existed?

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/rifl...lving-carbine/

http://www.damonmills.com/PS%20Pages...ine%203200.htm

Ceol Mhor · January 18, 2015, 12:03 PM

In addition to photos of those original muzzleloading LeMat carbines, I also had a chance to handle an original centerfire version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjdi48QakyE

snidervolley · February 5, 2015, 12:29 PM

terrible picture ihgad to sneek, of three lemat carbines in thai palace armoury

snidervolley · February 5, 2015, 12:31 PM

the trigger guard change was due to Dr lemat knowing that putting ones hand in front of percussion revolver cylinder was a bad idea thus the hand rest trigger guard.

snidervolley · February 5, 2015, 12:33 PM

view down the 9 shot 44 and shotgun barrel.

brazosdave · February 5, 2015, 03:28 PM

That is one of the coolest things I have ever laid eyes on, and beautiful craftsmanship to boot! Great work, sir!!!!

deerslayer303 · February 7, 2015, 01:59 AM

Wow, That is a beautiful carbine. Great job sir! A video would get a bazillion hits on YouTube I'm sure, hint, nudge, poke.

snidervolley · February 11, 2015, 04:25 PM

im all about the video just waiting for some good weather to really be able to get some good vids

BerdanSS · February 11, 2015, 04:50 PM

HOLY J.E.B. STUART!

Thats a hog leg and a half. Beautiful job sir!

I could Hear my bank account screaming as soon as I saw the posting, I though someone had started producing them

deerslayer303 · February 11, 2015, 05:53 PM

Yeah I'd probably be like,

Darto · February 20, 2015, 02:30 AM

Would make a nice raffle prize for the forums!

campingnights · February 21, 2015, 10:15 PM

That's one pretty piece of iron. Glad you posted a pic of it.

December 23, 2014, 11:04 AM	#1
snidervolley Junior Member Join Date: December 22, 2014 Posts: 10	lemat revolving rifle [IMG][/IMG]

January 16, 2015, 03:08 PM	#7
noelf2 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: Stuart, VA Posts: 2,473	You don't hold anything out in front of the cylinders when shooting. You use almost the same as a two handed revolver pistol hold but have a stock in one shoulder. Same with any revolving carbine that doesn't have a gas lock or gas block. __________________ Liberty and freedom often offends those who understand neither.

January 16, 2015, 03:29 PM	#9
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Well done SniderVolley __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

January 17, 2015, 06:18 PM	#11
AKexpat Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2014 Location: SW WA State Posts: 490	That is BEAUTIFUL! I had no idea such a thing ever existed. Flayderman does not acknowledge as such. Vs. the pistol: why the change in the trigger guard and the thumbscrew in front of the frame? Do you have pictures/documentation that such a longarm existed? Just curious... Again, I think it is one of a kind and you manufactured it. WOW! Impressive! Jim __________________ To be governed – is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured, checked, valued, enrolled – by creatures who have neither the right, nor the wisdom, nor the virtue to do so. - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

January 18, 2015, 12:03 PM	#13
Ceol Mhor Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2001 Posts: 1,043	In addition to photos of those original muzzleloading LeMat carbines, I also had a chance to handle an original centerfire version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjdi48QakyE __________________ "There goes as if deranged a German soldier, with burning helmet on his head, making horrible noises. A second, as though possessed, yells "Jews...weapons. Jews...weapons." - From an anonymous eyewitness' description of the first battle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

December 24, 2014, 11:11 PM	#2
Bishop Creek Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2011 Posts: 566	I didn't even know that there was such a thing as a LeMat rifle. Where did you find it?

January 16, 2015, 10:21 AM	#3
snidervolley Junior Member Join Date: December 22, 2014 Posts: 10	i built it as the real deals are rare and worth to much to shoot , so i cut up a 1200 dollar repo pistol

January 16, 2015, 10:55 AM	#4
CameronP Member Join Date: August 25, 2010 Location: West Jordan, Utah Posts: 71	That is one elegant, beautiful, classy, and artful carbine. thanks for the photos.

January 16, 2015, 11:45 AM	#5
Bigdog57 Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2006 Posts: 122	Superb! I always liked the funky LeMat. The Carbine is gorgeous! Now you've done it. We MUST have a range report!

January 16, 2015, 01:22 PM	#6
musher Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2005 Posts: 462	Nice work. Just curious, what is the function of the tube under the barrel? I'd sure hate to be holding on to the front end during a chain fire!

January 16, 2015, 03:27 PM	#8
bangerjim Member Join Date: March 17, 2013 Location: SW Desert Posts: 57	I love my Circuit Judge 45/410 revolving rifle. My wife is most accurate with it. It does have the gas check/shield so there are no burns from firing on my left hand /arm. Works very well. Extremely accurate.....I was impressed the 1st day out. That one you've got looks way COOOOOOOOL!

February 5, 2015, 12:29 PM	#14
snidervolley Junior Member Join Date: December 22, 2014 Posts: 10	terrible picture ihgad to sneek, of three lemat carbines in thai palace armoury

February 5, 2015, 12:31 PM	#15
snidervolley Junior Member Join Date: December 22, 2014 Posts: 10	the trigger guard change was due to Dr lemat knowing that putting ones hand in front of percussion revolver cylinder was a bad idea thus the hand rest trigger guard.

February 5, 2015, 12:33 PM	#16
snidervolley Junior Member Join Date: December 22, 2014 Posts: 10	view down the 9 shot 44 and shotgun barrel.

February 5, 2015, 03:28 PM	#17
brazosdave Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2012 Location: Crockett, Texas Posts: 363	That is one of the coolest things I have ever laid eyes on, and beautiful craftsmanship to boot! Great work, sir!!!! __________________ "I'm your huckleberry, it's just my game"

February 7, 2015, 01:59 AM	#18
deerslayer303 Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2011 Location: Leesville SC Posts: 2,652	Wow, That is a beautiful carbine. Great job sir! A video would get a bazillion hits on YouTube I'm sure, hint, nudge, poke.

February 11, 2015, 04:25 PM	#19
snidervolley Junior Member Join Date: December 22, 2014 Posts: 10	im all about the video just waiting for some good weather to really be able to get some good vids

February 11, 2015, 04:50 PM	#20
BerdanSS Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Location: to close to other houses Posts: 1,176	HOLY J.E.B. STUART! Thats a hog leg and a half. Beautiful job sir! I could Hear my bank account screaming as soon as I saw the posting, I though someone had started producing them __________________ One day, Men in tall hats will thump their chests and proclaim..."oh, what a great sea of mud we lived in"--The unalterable fate of billy creek .... "Smoke.....it's what's for dinner" Last edited by BerdanSS; February 11, 2015 at 09:50 PM.

February 11, 2015, 05:53 PM	#21
deerslayer303 Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2011 Location: Leesville SC Posts: 2,652	Yeah I'd probably be like,

February 20, 2015, 02:30 AM	#22
Darto Member Join Date: April 21, 2012 Posts: 79	Would make a nice raffle prize for the forums!

February 21, 2015, 10:15 PM	#23
campingnights Senior Member Join Date: August 6, 2014 Location: Frozen North Posts: 272	That's one pretty piece of iron. Glad you posted a pic of it. __________________ Cry HAVOC! and let loose the chihuahuas of war. My wife told me that I can't have too many guns, I agreed and told her I can never have too many guns...and then the trouble began