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Midlothian, Texas 76065pin fire
pinfire revolvers
revolver à broche, Stiftfeuer-Revolver, penfuur
the pin fire revolvers are similar the American made "Suicide / Saturday Night Specials" inexpensive and in big numbers produced in the 1870's. At the time there were beside a few bigger factories some 400 "kitchen table gun-makers" involved. To avoid paying royalties to Lefaucheux the majority show no maker's name, only the mandatory proof stamps. Most are Belgian made and show the ELG proof. Many were sold through the European mail-order companies, and often those were picked up by GI's at the end of WWII while inspecting houses for contraband; incorrectly called "Brought Back." The calibers are European metric named calibers, and the only correct names are 5mm, 7mm, 9mm, 12mm and very rare 15mm.
Here are some German made pin fire revolvers listed. It creates the impression that those are common. Fact is, German made pin fire revolvers are very rare. Always searching for I was lucky to buy a life-time-collection.
Civil War: Federal Purchases of
pin fire revolvers:
LEFAUCHEUX marked 12mm revolvers, 11,833 pieces probably in the serial # 25,000 - 37,000.
Additional were bought in Europe from different dealers, no makers and numbers available,
and most today offered to be "Confederate used" are dubious.
A lot of the inexpensive and not marked revolvers were actually made during the 1870's.
Please see Chris Curtis' book "Systeme Lefaucheux"
+ William Albaugh's book "Confederate Handguns"
DOLNE, please see "blades and barrels"
Jarre with 3 harmonicas
Dumonthier revolver with
blade and scabbard
Francotte 20 shot revolver
Arendt, Liège
Arendt in cigar case
Delhaxhe knuckle duster with folding dirk
Frankenau purse pistol
Salles presentation revolver
Noack in Berlin
30-shot pin fire
Belgian 9mm pin fire revolver
o maker's name and serial # (1860 period)
mandatory Belgian proof stamp,
5 1/8" barrel with fixed front sight,
as fashionable kept in the white, now mottled gray,
a
better version: single and double action,
plain wooden grip with lanyard ring.
The ejector is missing. In working order.
The little revolver is in NRA fine condition!
an original tin can containing 47 pinfire cartridges in caliber 9mm Lefaucheux revolver made by Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoff AG, department Nűrnberg, formerly known as Hűttendorffer. The cartridges show the proper head stamp 9 (for 9mm). The can and cartridges are showing the expected wear. It is very rare $500.
L. Haser in Bad Schwalbach, cal. 7mm, double-action revolver. Octagonal 4"
barrel with silver inlaid
L. HASER IN BAD SCHWALBACH, on bridge over cylinder
gold inlaid initials AH surrounded by leaves. Frame and cylinder with silver
lining. ivory grip with minor damage. Some original finish remaining, rare
maker, fine condition.
$1,200.
LF
= Lefaucheux made revolver, serial # 63026, cal. 7mm pin fire, 3½" barrel with typical high front sight, frame an cylinder deeply engraved, iron parts as fashionable during the time kept in the white, strongly engraved ebony grips, not very common a protection ring over the out of the cylinder looking and sensitive firing pins.It comes in its original case with a covered compartment 7mm pin fire cartridges, cleaning rod and oil can. The rare set is in excellent condition. $2,850.
C. R.
KIRSCHBAUM
SOLINGEN
serial # 815, cal. 9mm pinfire. 6¼" round barrel with high front sight, on the right sight of lug maker's inscription. six-hot-cylinder, frame with nice vine engraving, folding trigger, plain walnut grips. lanyard ring. The barrel with traces of bluing and minor pitting. One of the very few German pinfire revolvers, and very rare $1,375.
French pinfire revolver, a very rare 12-shot 9mm, completely unmarked to avoid paying royalties to Lefaucheux, with almost 100% nickel plating remaining, crisp checkered grips, and something very rare: in good working order. An exceptional revolver $2,750.
E. LEFAUCHEUX
Støckel: "Eugène Louis Lefaucheux ,
Paris 1850 - 1870
constructed 1854 the after him called Lefaucheux revolver."
Army sized 12mm pinfire revolver
on left side of frame # 22
bright blue with silver inlaid leaves
on frame and cylinder,
deeply engraved ebony grips,
lanyard ring.
The revolver shows minor wear,
but generally in excellent condition.
Extremely decorative!
$2,750.
V.C.S. = Valentin Christoph Schilling, Suhl, made pinfire revolver
with for Germany preferred closed frame (actually it is a two-part frame closed
were the decoration covers the seam, often encountered with Suhl revolver, see
also makers S) serial # 2315, cal. 9mm, 5" octagonal
barrel with fixed sights, under the barrel maker's initials and the S as proof
stamp for Suhl, double action with minor disturbance, checkered walnut grips,
lanyard ring.
Well made revolver in fine condition.
$1,200.
Spangenberg & Sauer á Suhl, made pinfire revolver. This with a lever on the right side. After pushing it down one can pull away the barrel and cylinder. Serial # 82, cal. 9mm, 5½" octagonal barrel with maker's inscription, folding trigger, plain varnished grips, lanyard ring. Rare, interesting system revolver in fine condition. $1,200.
H. Riffelmann, Solingen and Solingen proofed 6-shot-pinfire
revolver, serial # 1836, cal. 9mm, 5¾" barrel with
fixed sight, on the lug Solingen proof and caliber name 9mm, additional Sme
Lefaucheux, kept in the white, plain walnut grips, lanyard ring. the following revolvers are sold.
Fine condition.
$1,000.
cylinder
C. R. Kirschbaum, Solingen, serial # 5410, cal. 9mm, double-action revolver, 6" round barrel with maker's name in lug. Six-shot cylinder with proof stamp. Frame slightly engraved, folding trigger, plain walnut grips, lanyard ring. Fine - excellent condition.
Solingen is famous for its blades and there is an excellent blade-museum, worth visiting.
Klingen-Museum.
Riffelmann, Solingen made and Solingen proofed 12-shot-pinfire revolver, serial # 26607, 12mm, 6" barrel with probirt stamp and caliber name "12mm", double action with folding trigger, cylinder and frame slightly engraved, checkered walnut grips, about 90% original finish remaining. Not often found German made 12-shot revolvers, in fine condition.
probirt is the old writing which changed around 1900 in probiert = proofed
H. Riffelmann, Solingen made and in Solingen proofed 12-shot-pinfire
revolver, serial # 9964,
5¾" barrel with fixed sight,
on lug proof stamp with caliber 9mm, additional "Sme Lefaucheux" (= systeme)
double action with folding trigger, frame and cylinder slightly engraved,
checkered walnut grips. Rare revolver with a few minor rust scares, very good
condition.
12-shot-revolver,
serial # 16640, cal. 7mm, 4¾" round barrel with fixed
sight, on the lug Solingen proof stamp "Probirt R" = proofed
Riffelmann, 7mm and SME LEFAUCHEUX,
frame and cylinder vine engraving, some original bluing left, checkered grips
with lanyard ring. The revolver is probably
made by H. Riffelmann. Fine
condition