![]() However there is also another symbol that is repeated as well a < and Y with the < sometimes pointed different directions. The 64 printed multiple places on this clearly signifies the model 64 that Norway designated this as. #Early lefaucheux revolver serial number#Matching serial number printed multiple places on this gun including on the cylinder. Eugène must have got distracted when making this one! The top of the barrel has the common Lefaucheux patent signature however mine is missing the last two letters of PARIS. There are a lot of other interesting markings on this gun that are not found on typical Lefaucheux model 1854 revolvers. This symbol has been used in Norwegian heraldry since the 13th century and is still used in their coat of arms and royal standard today. They all had the Norwegian crowned, rampant lion holding an ax engraved into the side of the revolver. (Though it was later modified as we will talk about soon.) The example in my collection is one of the 1100 purchased from Lefaucheux. ![]() Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk produced pinfire revolver following Lefaucheux’s 1854 patternĬredit: Kongsberg Weapons History Association Credit: Author’s Collection These revolvers were manufactured at the Kongsberg Weapons Factory and all have a crowned K marking on them. #Early lefaucheux revolver license#The Norwegian army also bought a license from Lefaucheux to manufacture their own revolvers based on this system. A portion of these 1100 revolvers were used for a very long time and were kept in the arsenal until the 1940s. They also purchased 1100 model 1854 revolvers from Lefaucheux for use by the cavalry and designate them as the Norwegian model 1864. 2nd Order Navy ModelĬredit: Kongsberg Weapons History Association Officer’s ModelĬredit: Kongsberg Weapons History Association Norwegian Model 64 Lefaucheux Model 1854 manufactured for the Norwegian Army and designated Norwegian Model 1864Ĭredit: Kongsberg Weapons History Association Unfortunately for Lefaucheux, This small order from Norway was the only major purchase for these revolvers which he had hoped would follow the success of his 1854 model. ![]() These followed Eugéne Lefauchuex’s brand new 1863 design. In 1862 the Norwegian military held some more tests with some new revolvers and in 1863 decided to purchase an additional 300 revolvers for the Navy and another 200 with octagonal barrels for officers. I assume that there must have been a bigger focus on using blanks for training or some other important use. This is uncommon for military cartridges. Unique blank loads are found in these and some of the following Norwegian-made cartridges we will look at. Gévelot manufactured pinfire cartridges from old Norwegian collection of V. There are some early Gévelot cartridges that have turned up so it is likely that they could have been what was provided. It is unknown what 120,000 cartridges were included with this purchase. Credit: Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (FMU.001991) It is thought that there are no special markings that specifically indicate which guns Lefaucheux made specifically went to fulfill this first order. This first order of revolvers followed the below design as shown in this example from the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum where they have it labeled as an example of the Norwegian Navy Model 1859. ![]() Some of this is detailed in the excellent book on the subject, La Production des Modeles d’Eugène Lefaucheux by Guillaume Van Mastrigt. There are various sources that claim differing serial number ranges of this first order, but The Lefaucheux Family Archives has matched up original purchase orders and invoices to determine that they are around the LF14597 – LF15936 range. In October 1859 they ordered 800 revolvers and 120,000 pinfire cartridges for the Norwegian Navy with a delivery date of summer 1860. On 12 September 1859, a Norwegian military commission recommend contracting with Eugène Lefaucheux to acquire some of his model 1854 pinfire revolvers to begin updating their service handguns. ![]()
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