LeMat Revolver

The LeMat 1861 revolver has been seen in the following films:

LeMat 1861 current reproduction (Cavalry version) - .36 or .44 caliber.

Beautiful Black Powder Reproduction LeMat 1861, made by Pietta of Italy - chambered in .44 cal with 20 Gauge center.

Original pinfire LeMat .44 caliber.

LeMat 1869 centerfire cartridge model - 11mm / 20 gauge.

The LeMat percussion revolver was invented by a French American gunsmith and first issued in 1861. The gun was famed for its 9 shot capacity and an under barrel 16 or 18 gauge shotgun, and was favored by Confederate soldiers during the civil war. Production ceased mainly in 1865 but the gun was still made in limited quantities for quite a long time. Today, some companies make reproduction models.

Specifications

• Weight: 3.1 lb (1.41 kg), unloaded
• Length: 13.25in. (356 mm)
• Caliber: .42 Ball (.44 repro) or .36 ball, 16ga Shot
• Action: Single Action revolver
• Rate of fire: 9 rounds/minute
• Muzzle velocity: 620 ft/s (190 m/s)
• Effective range: 40 yd
• Maximum range: 100 yd
• Feed system: 9-round cylinder, single-shot smoothbore secondary barrel
• Sights: fixed front post and rear notch

Variants:

• Muzzle Loader
• Pinfire
• Centerfire
• Carbine (With extended barrel and rifle stock)

The LeMat revolver (either original or reproduction) has appeared in the following:

Film

• Sven-Ole Thorsen as Gutzon in The Quick and the Dead (1995)

• Seen in a guncase in The Punisher (2004)

• Jude Law as Inman in Cold Mountain (in novel too)

• Bruce Willis as James Cole in Twelve Monkeys

• John Malkovich as Quentin Turnbull in Jonah Hex

• Danny Huston as Colonel in The Warrior's Way

Television

• Centennial

• Fired by R. Lee Ermey in an episode of Mail Call

• Carried by Jayne Cobb in the Short-lived TV Show Firefly, modified to look more futuristic

• A 1959–1960 CBS television show, "Johnny Ringo" aired for one season (38 episodes). Ringo was played by Don Durant and carried a LeMat revolver

• Used in several episodes of The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne being carried by Phileas Fogg.

• Found in an old Confederate weapons cache on NCIS (Episode 3.03, "Silver War")

Video Games

• Red Dead Redemption, dubbed the "LeMat Revolver", is only seen used by the player. You are unable to use the shotgun barrel.

• Call of Juarez, dubbed the "Hybrid Gun", is seen as Tom Manson's sidearm. The shotgun is usable.

• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, dubbed the "Hybrid Gun" is seen used by many enemies, specifically Mexican banditos under the Juarez gang. You are able to use the shotgun barrel.