Aaron Newcomer @aaron@firearms.social

The #Lefaucheux model 1859 #carbine was a small carbine Eugène Lefaucheux made with hopes to gain #military acceptance. It is a very simple design with few moving parts. It only weighs 4.5 pounds and has an overall length of 3 feet 4 inches.

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A couple of the very earliest #pinfire #shotshells ever, shown with an early example of a double barrel pinfire #shotgun made by Casimir #Lefaucheux around 1840. I love these early examples!

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