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Among other sources came this from Dr. John Murphy's "Confederate Carbines & Musketoons."
Apparently tested (and used ) by CS army, serial numbers ran from 1 up to 200-something, mostly percussion,
and later on Union hands, converted to pinfire. This has been debated many times.
On some 1863 Richmond Arsenal invoice notes “2 packages of cartridges for … carbines.” An additional note says “… LeMats carbine.”
Some 17 or 18 surviving today, prices go up up up.
Same features than before, a .42 9-shot cylinder with the central 18 gauge smooth barrel, and
a ramrod in between, to the right.
Typical upper barrels being 19 11/16" and the lower 19 1/2", there were some versions with bayonet,
at least on the pinfire versions, and, for instance, the serial number #73, had a .44 caliber rifled upper barrel with ten-shot cylinder and a rifled, single-shot .50 caliber lower barrel.
Some pics from # 73 here:
Note the folding leaf rear sight.
Other examples on the carbines would be
* Serial number 7 , has a 18 3/4" 44 caliber pinfire rifled upper barrel and 56 caliber rifled percussion lower barrel. The rear sight is a folding two leaf with graduations from 100 to 500 meters.
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/scarce-lemat-pinfire-carbine-serial-number-7-with-9-p-a4f5fd3414
* The #114 got 45 cal./20 ga. 23" barrels. Both the rifle and shotgun were for center fire cartridges.
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/rare-lemat-type-carbine.-sn-61-p-9vyzmuq78l
* The serial number 152 had a part octagon 23 1/4" 11mm rifled upper barrel and 20 gauge lower shotgun barrel. Rear sight is a folding two leaf with graduations from 100 to 400 meters.
http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/rare-and-unique-lemat-cartridge-carbine-38-u-b5d1d6a610
* The 206 , a pinfire/percussion LeMat carbine with a 19 3/4" octagon to round 11mm rifled upper barrel and 18 3/4" round 58 caliber rifled lower barrel.
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/rare-lemat-pinfire-and-percussion-carbine-11-p-f630b74c80
Finally, some guys went to workshop and came out with this one, modified from a modern Pietta revolver replica, not bad, huh?
Cheers
p.s.: needless to say, I wanna see this one on the moood, pleeeezz
Among other sources came this from Dr. John Murphy's "Confederate Carbines & Musketoons."
Apparently tested (and used ) by CS army, serial numbers ran from 1 up to 200-something, mostly percussion,
and later on Union hands, converted to pinfire. This has been debated many times.
On some 1863 Richmond Arsenal invoice notes “2 packages of cartridges for … carbines.” An additional note says “… LeMats carbine.”
Some 17 or 18 surviving today, prices go up up up.
Same features than before, a .42 9-shot cylinder with the central 18 gauge smooth barrel, and
a ramrod in between, to the right.
Typical upper barrels being 19 11/16" and the lower 19 1/2", there were some versions with bayonet,
at least on the pinfire versions, and, for instance, the serial number #73, had a .44 caliber rifled upper barrel with ten-shot cylinder and a rifled, single-shot .50 caliber lower barrel.
Some pics from # 73 here:
Note the folding leaf rear sight.
Other examples on the carbines would be
* Serial number 7 , has a 18 3/4" 44 caliber pinfire rifled upper barrel and 56 caliber rifled percussion lower barrel. The rear sight is a folding two leaf with graduations from 100 to 500 meters.
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/scarce-lemat-pinfire-carbine-serial-number-7-with-9-p-a4f5fd3414
* The #114 got 45 cal./20 ga. 23" barrels. Both the rifle and shotgun were for center fire cartridges.
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/rare-lemat-type-carbine.-sn-61-p-9vyzmuq78l
* The serial number 152 had a part octagon 23 1/4" 11mm rifled upper barrel and 20 gauge lower shotgun barrel. Rear sight is a folding two leaf with graduations from 100 to 400 meters.
http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/rare-and-unique-lemat-cartridge-carbine-38-u-b5d1d6a610
* The 206 , a pinfire/percussion LeMat carbine with a 19 3/4" octagon to round 11mm rifled upper barrel and 18 3/4" round 58 caliber rifled lower barrel.
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/rare-lemat-pinfire-and-percussion-carbine-11-p-f630b74c80
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Finally, some guys went to workshop and came out with this one, modified from a modern Pietta revolver replica, not bad, huh?
Cheers
p.s.: needless to say, I wanna see this one on the moood, pleeeezz