Mar 112012
 

A number of years ago I bought a non-firing replica of the Civil war-era LeMat pistol (cap-and-ball with nine .41 caliber balls and a central shotgun barrel), with the half-baked notion that I’d convert it into a replica of the pistol that Jayne Cobb carried in the TV series “Firefly.” Never got around to that, sadly. So rather than have it just sitting around taking up space… who wants it? They are currently selling for about $100, but the first person to comment that they wants this one can have it for $65.

Now Spoken For.

It’s made out of zinc alloy, cannot be made firable, but does look reasonably good (I believe it was cast from an actual LeMat). The hammer cocks and the trigger operates it; cocking the hammer also causes the cylinder to rotate appropriately. The bullet-mashing-lever (whatever it’s called) also works. It’s intact and appropriately heavy… it’s a fairly sizable revolver.

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