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Comblain Galoppin
It is a box containing a type Lefaucheux pinfire open-frame revolver.
The hammer is equipped with a sight notch that is designed to provide a line of sight to the front sight by passing over the cylinder. This hammer is also equipped with a grid location for easy arming.
The 6 shot cylinder is smooth and notched at the height of each chamber for overcoming the pins.
The
8-sided barrel is equipped with a semi-rectangular front sight.
The pear-shaped grip consists of two grid plates with palmetto. It ends with a cap ring attached to a pivot screw.
The gun
own a metal rod fixed under the barrel, it is used to eject the inflated casings
from the cylinder.
At the
back of the barrel, on the right side, there is a folding door for
loading/unloading the cartridges.
The
rounded trigger is articulated and without trigger guard.
The weapon bears the punches of the Liège proofhouse, namely:
ELG * in a vertical oval: definitive acceptance, in use from 1846 to 1893.
Crowned Y: Controller’s countermark, in use from 1853 to 1877.
The weapon also bears the following markings:
Ch. Galoppin Arquebusier breveté à Bruxelles : this armourer was more of a dealer than a manufacturer.
Comblain Breveté : This is Comblain Hubert, Joseph, armourer at Wandre Cahorday. From 1854 to 1891, he filed 19 patents for inventions and improvements.
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