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Lefaucheux
Guns International #: 102623144 Seller's Inventory #: Lefa
Category: Shotguns - French Double - Antique Shotguns - Cartridge
Seller's Information
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Seller: The Double Gun Journal
Member Since: 9/10/08
State: Michigan
Country: United States
Phone: (231) 536-7439
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: yes
Description:
LEFAUCHEUX--- Ser. No. 438 (1858), 28-Bore Bernard Damascus. Apparently built for a "Royal", this 28-bore, 27-1/2" barreled
museum quality piece has original and "Signed" Leopold Bernard barrels in pristine as - new condition internally (with
min.bbl. walls: 35 thou. + at the muzzle), and gradually increase in thickness to 50 thou. at midway down toward the breech
(where of course the bbl. walls are much thicker.).
Externally the barrel color has faded by at most, only 10-20% on this very early mid-19th century gun which obviously spent little
time afield and most of it in a dark gun cabinet. The rediculously figured stock suffers from stress cracks at the head, which are not structural faults
as they are only in the very thin shell of wood surrounding the action, and can be made invisible. Stress cracks (which follow the grain) often evolve
when thin and highly figured inletted wood is wrongly used at the head of the stock. This stock is more than 166 years old--AND THE WOOD MUCH OLDER---
so it has been susceptable to more than a century and a half of temperature change and contraction / expansion which over time took its toll.
******** These cracks have been highlighted to show in the photos--however in reality they are not nearly so obvious *******
Perhaps built for a (usually small but experienced) frenchman or woman, the stock measurements are:
LOP : 13-1/2", DAH 2", DAC 1-11/16", Right-hand Cast: 1/4" (indicates "shooting flying" experience ?)
Chambers: 2- 7/16 ", Weight: 5 lbs--8.2 Oz. (uniquely beautiful - but heavy- wood).
Some history about Casimir Lefaucheux, Inventor extraordinaire :
INVENTOR IN 1836 of: THE BREAK-OPEN BREECHLOADING GUN ; THE CARTRIDGE (Both Pinfire & Centrefire) ; The enclosed PRIMER .
******* For More Information About Casimir Lefaucheux (and any other gunmaker or gun):
Go to our Index & Readers and research using key words to find all DGJ published content *******
The two articles below - especially the DGJ article of 2001-- immediately come to my memory !
THE DOUBLE GUN JOURNAL , Index & Reader Volume 2, Pg. 256, "Why A French Shotgun" by Gary Murphy
THE DOUBLE GUN JOURNAL , AUTUMN, 2001 , pp. 33-46 , "The History Of The Shotgun - A French Revolution" by Gary Murphy
For information about this, or any other guns I have advertised , contact me via Guns International -or- Past members, by our DGJ Email or Telephone.
I will be accepting offers for this gun --contact me through Guns International or via email: danieljoanna1945gmail
Daniel Philip Cote'
Founder, DGJ
Price: $14,000.00
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Lefaucheux
Bore: 28
Condition: VERY GOOD
Barrel Type: Bernard Damascus