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Lefaucheux, please see "pinfire"
Le Mat, Lemat, please see "Lemat "Le Page, please see "dueling pistols"
Le Novo, please see "makers O" D. Oury
Libeau New Orleans, please see "Libeau"
H. LEUE & TIMPE HOFB
ÜCHSENM BERLINSt
øckel: Heinrich Leue 1837 - 1897, Kőniglicher Hofbüchsenmacher (Prussian Kingly court gun maker) made target pistol, cal. .22, 12" octagonal barrel with dovetail front sight, adjustable rear sight, set trigger, the bluing on the barrel is more than 90% remaining, crisp checkered grip, German silver butt cap. The pistol is made before 1896 because no mandatory proof stamp.
LE POILU
1914 - 1918
Poilu, nickname given to the French soldiers during World War I, was born at this time because of their living conditions in the trenches.
As a weapon, the pistol does not have anything frightening, it is in fact
only one kind of "cyclist" to "one shot". 105 mm length for a 70 mm height, this
strange weapon weighs approximately 150grams. The unrifled bore, drilled with the
caliber .22, measurement 68 mm length and can draw various types of ammunition,
with ball, shot or blank.
It is a simple tube, opened with the two ends, in which one with drilled on
the back of the "room".
The obstruction is more summary since only the head of the hammer blocks the
back of room at the beginning of the shot. The lock, of an extreme simplicity,
is placed under the plate of covering. It is made up that of four elements: The
hammer, which carries the trigger; the tail of trigger and the two springs which
ensure, in the same time, the armament of the hammer and the projection of the
tail of trigger in position of shooting. The gun functions in simple action and
the ejection of the case is tributary of an unspecified tool introduced into the
gun to push back the casing backwards. Additional on reverse inscribed with LE
CENTENAIRE. Please see further down. Very rare
$2,200.
LEVAUX Patent self-ejecting revolver, while most are made in Belgium this is made
and proofed in Great Britain. No serial #, around the cylinder
.450 GAUGE
on bridge maker's inscription
LINCOLN JEFFRIES
31 WHITTALL St.
BIRMINGHAM
GOLD PRIZE LONDON 1870
LEVAUX marked under grip
Støckel: 1873 - 1892,
Taylerson, The Revolver 1865 - 1888,
4⅝" barrel, bright glossy blue, frame and cylinder fine engraved, checkered grips, lanyard ring. A very rare revolver in NRA "very fine condition. $3,500.
Lepage Moutier
Arq. du Roi et des Princes, Støckel: 1842 - 1868
á Paris, signed only until 1848
Arq. du Roi et des Princes, = gun maker for the
king and princes, heavy double-barreled
pistol, the barrel made and marked by
Leopold Bernard in 1847, Støckel: 1840 - 1855
barrel-maker á Paris,
and numbered 4794 under the
ramrod, big bore cal. .70 smooth,
7" barrels over and under, two hammers with
one trigger, pulling the first time the hammer hit the right piston. The breech,
butt cap, hammers and trigger guard nicely engraved, fine wooden grip.
Exceptional "hand-cannon" in very fine condition.
$7,850.
T. J. LHOIST, Støckel: "Liège 1851 - 1873 Fabricant, receives 1951 and 1853 patents for revolvers." Well made percussion revolver influenced by Colt, who licensed his patents to makers in Liège. No visible serial #, inscription on right lug, cal. .35, 6¼" barrel, breech, strap and cylinder nicely engraved, checkered grip, more than 90% bright blue. Rare revolver in excellent condition $2,750.
Lancaster pistol
always wanted
LE POILU
1914 - 1918
Poilu, nickname given to the French soldiers during World War I, was born at this time because of their living conditions in the trenches.
As a weapon, the pistol does not have anything frightening, it is in fact
only one kind of "cyclist" to "one shot". 105 mm length for a 70 mm height, this
strange gun weighs approximately 150grams. The unrifled bore, drilled with the
caliber .22, measurement 68 mm length and can draw various types of ammunition,
with ball, shot or blank.
It is a simple tube, opened with the two ends, in which one with drilled on
the back of the "room".
The obstruction is more summary since only the head of the hammer blocks the
back of room at the beginning of the shot. The lock, of an extreme simplicity,
is placed under the plate of covering. It is made up that of four elements: The
hammer, which carries the trigger; the tail of trigger and the two springs which
ensure, in the same time, the armament of the hammer and the projection of the
tail of trigger in position of shooting. The gun functions in simple action and
the ejection of the case is tributary of an unspecified tool introduced into the
gun to push back the casing backwards.
wanted
ready for loading, trigger cocked
"LE CENTENAIRE"
COUP DE POING PISTOLE Bte. SGDG.
FRANCE 1789 - 1889
AMERIQUE 1789 - 1889
DEPOT de PARIS 5 BD de Strasburg
marked knuckle duster with single shot pistol for cal. .22 short, 2⅝" round
barrel with no sights, nickel plated. The model is extremely rare, and
there are less than 100 made. Excellent condition.
With the pistol comes a French language copy of
ARMES & COLLECTIONS Magazine no. 17
were the models is described by Monsieur Jean-Pierre Bastiė,
and called Wahl's Patent.
Certainly one of the rarest and most desirable oddities
wanted
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