Lefaucheux pinfire revolver

Recall about Eugène Lefaucheux and his family
- Casimir Lefaucheux and Françoise Constance Faivre
- Casimir Lefaucheux one shot pistol with swinging barrel
- Casimir Lefaucheux pepperbox
- Eugène Gabriel Lefaucheux son of Casimir
- Family house at 37 de la rue de Vivienne à Paris
- E. LEFAUCHEUX and Cie (1855)
- Eugène Lefaucheux company based at "rue Lafayette à Paris"
- Couple Laffiteau and Constance Casimérine Lefaucheux
- Lefaucheux French patent #019380 (April, 15 of 1854)
- Addition to French patent #019380 dated 4 novembre 1854
- Lefaucheux revolver model 1854
- Eugène Lefaucheux company based in Belgium
- Addition of June 1855 to French patent #019380
- Addition of February 1860 to French patent #019380
- Patent 29055 dated September, 5 of 1856
Dismounting of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver (I)
- Dismounting of the barrel
- Barrel lug maintained by two screws
- Gunsmith screwdriver
- Dismounting of the cylinder
- Friction spring of the cylinder axis rod
Dismounting of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver (II)
- Dismounting of the ejection rod
- Dismounting of the grip plates
- Dismounting of the grip frame
Dismounting of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver (III)
- Dismounting of the main spring
- Dismounting of the breechblock
- Dismounting of the trigger mechanism
Dismounting of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver (IV)
- Removal of the trigger
- Trigger return spring pressure released
- Disassembly of the hammer
- Dismounting of the loading gate
- Dismounting of the loading gate lock spring
Markings found on the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver
- E. LEFAUCHEUX brand markings
- Serial number marking
- The assembly markings
Functioning of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver (I)
- Typical single action revolver (S&M Model 1)
- Double action mode of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver
- Lefaucheux double action trigger mechanism
- Double action leaf spring's oscillation
- Instant of disconnection of the double action lever
- Vertical projection of the receiver for abutment purpose
- Release of the hammer
Functioning of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver (II)
- Rotation of the cylinder by the hand
- Head of the hand through the recoil shield's slot
- Rotation of the cylinder by the hand
- Cylinder with or without stop studs
- Functioning of the cylinder with stop studs
- Loading of the cartridges
- Cartridge ejection
- Ejection rod used as safety
Variations of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver
- First variation of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver
- Rare modification of the trigger
- Second variation of the Lefaucheux 7mm revolver
- Third variation with cylinder stop studs
- Fourth variation with barrel lug screwed to the cylinder axis rod
- Clover shaped cylinder
- Cased Lefaucheux luxury revolvers
- Dumonthier variant with barrel-blade assembly
First and second variation compared (I)
- Barrels compared
- Cylinders compared
- Grip frames compared
- Receivers compared
First and second variation compared (II)
- Breechblocks compared
- Loading gates compared
- Trigger mechanisms compared
- Hammers compared
Lefaucheux revolvers made in Belgium (I)
- Belgian lefaucheux site managed by Charles Joseph Bronne
- A great variety of models
- Crowned EL marking
- E. LEFAUCHEUX INvr BREVETE marking
- The Belgian modified Lefaucheux 7mm model
Lefaucheux revolvers made in Belgium (II)
- Belgian pinfire revolvers marked LF
- Hammer spur grounfd off
- Return spring of the cylinder
- Mariette made revolver
- Model produced in 1869 by the Lefaucheux plant of Liège
- Other Belgian models of the pre-1869 era
Lefaucheux triple action trigger mechanisms
- First Lefaucheux triple action trigger mechanism
- Eugène Lefaucheux Belgian patent # 6003 dated June, 7 of 1858
- Step by step functioning detailed
- Second Lefaucheux triple action trigger mechanism
- Official drawing of patent #55784 dated September, 27 of 1862
- Step by step functioning detailed
How to revive your pinfire Lefaucheux revolver
- Basic kit (whatever the caliber)
- Reloading process
- After firing
- Re-sizing the shell