Casimir Lefaucheux (French: [kazimiʁ ləfoʃø]; 26 January 1802 – 9 August 1852) was a French gunsmith. He was born in Bonnétable, France and died in Paris...
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Lefaucheux M1858 was a French military revolver developed for the navy, chambered for the 12 mm pinfire cartridge, and based on a design by Casimir Lefaucheux...
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revolver chambered for the 12 mm pinfire cartridge, based on a design by Casimir Lefaucheux (Eugene's father, who was also a gun designer). The M1854 revolver...
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radially from above the base of the cartridge. Invented by Frenchman Casimir Lefaucheux in 1832, but not patented until 1835, it was one of the earliest practical...
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Pierre Lefaucheux (1944-1955) by Cyrille Sardais. Born at Triel-sur-Seine, and descended from the French inventor Casimir Lefaucheux, Lefaucheux was second...
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Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Casimir Lefaucheux, French gunsmith Casimir Lewy, Polish-born British philosopher Casimir Liberski, Belgian jazz-musician...
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breech-loading firearms using self-contained cartridges (introduced by Casimir Lefaucheux in 1835) and the first reliable repeating rifles produced by Winchester...
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September 1812. The cartridge was further improved by the French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux in 1836. In 1809, Pauly employed the German Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse...
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further improved by the French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux in 1828, by adding a pinfire primer, but Lefaucheux did not register his patent until 1835:...
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cartridge cases was the pinfire cartridge, developed by French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux in 1836. It consisted of a thin weak shell made of brass and paper...
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allowed guns to shoot reliably in any weather condition. In 1835, Casimir Lefaucheux invented the first practical breech loading firearm with a cartridge...
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protrudes radially from just above the base of the cartridge. Invented by Casimir Lefaucheux in 1828, but not patented until 1835, it was one of the earliest practical...
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existed of revolvers with bored-through cylinders predating his patent. Casimir Lefaucheux and his son Eugène had invented a bored-through cylinder revolver...
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Europe. 1831 West William Bickford invents the safety fuse. 1835 West Casimir Lefaucheux invents the first practical breech loading firearm with a cartridge...
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1812, and the cartridge was further improved by the French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux in 1836. It is reported that Napoleon himself said of Pauly's weapons:...
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One such revolver, of a design pioneered by the French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux, is in the collection. Brooches also with Zuloaga's signature depict...
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Hungarian revolutionary and professional soldier Michael Kovats and the Polish Casimir Pulaski to train them as an offensive strike force during winter quarters...
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