MAS 1873 revolver
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The service revolver model 1873 Chamelot-Delvigne was the first double-action revolver used by the French Army. It was produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne from 1873 to 1887 in about 337,0
Model 1873
Revolver Model 1872
A French soldier ("trench cleaner") with a Chamelot-Delvigne revolver, a primitive gas mask (in this case a cloth mask and goggles soaked with chemicals) and a dagger (1915, colorized)
Lefaucheux M1858
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The Lefaucheux M1858 was a French military revolver developed for the navy, chambered for the 12 mm pinfire cartridge, and based on a design by Casimir Lefaucheux and his son, Eugene, it holds the dis
MAS 1873 revolver
…cartridge revolvers adopted by the army. They had solid-frame, side-ejection, double-action mechanisms. The French Navy, after concluding that their Lefaucheux revolvers were too low-powered for combat and prone to accidental ignition, also adopted the Chamelot-Delvigne as replacement in 1873. These revolvers were…
A Belgian copy produced c. 1860–1865 on display at the Morges military museum, Switzerland
View of the opened hinged gate, with a pinfire cartridge partially ejected.
A 7 mm Guardian American Model 1878, a Belgian-made Lefaucheux copy
A French Navy Lefaucheux M1870