This pistol is cased in the original mahogany box which is “French Fitted” to the pistol and accessories. The stocks have a very deep patina and excellent varnish coverage. The action is tight and appears to function but it hasn’t been completely tested to be certain for fear of causing damage to delicate interior parts. The frame and the cylinder have minimal engraved decoration located on the frame edge and around the cylinder. The proof marks on the barrel and cylinder consist of a crown over EL and indicate this revolver was produced in Belgium. This pistol is marked on the left side of the barrel breech E. 32 caliber, pin fire, double action revolver.
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An early Norwegian manual about how to manufacture pinfire cartridges indicates that they followed the French technical specifications for these.E. Norway also manufactured additional ball and blank load pinfire cartridges at their state-owned cartridge factories. The box contains 18 cartridges which was enough to reload the revolver 3 times. The exact same cartridges were sold elsewhere as 12mm. Norway designated the revolver as 11mm which is why SFM marked the box as 11mm. These modified revolvers were designated as the M/64/98 and is what is pictured here. In 1898 some of these revolvers which were still in service were modified to add the piece of metal on top to stiffen the frame. Norway designated these revolvers as the Model M/1864. In 1859 the Norwegian Navy ordered a handful of Lefaucheux Model 1854s for testing and then in 1864 purchased 1500 Lefaucheux model 1854 revolvers which were split amongst the Norwegian Army and Navy. This is an example of one of the scarce pinfire boxes made by Société Française des Munitions for the Norwegian military. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.īe sure of your target and what is beyond it.Ĭompetition open to all. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. Gunnit Match rules, awards, and historical data. It contains:Ī list of commonly asked questions that may have been already asked and answered. No URL shorteners (bit.ly, tinyurl, etc).
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