RARE LE MAT PINFIRE & PERCUSSION REVOLVING CARBINE WITH GOLD.

RARE LE MAT PINFIRE & PERCUSSION REVOLVING CARBINE WITH GOLD. SN 7. Cal. 44 & 54. Unusual Belgian made Le Mat with 18-9/16″ oct to rnd pinfire caliber 44 bbl and 19-3/8″ rnd rifled caliber 54 percussion bbl. Top bbl has the tall Le Mat dovetailed pinched front sight and a carbine 2-position flip rear sight with graduations 100, 300 & 500 meters. Top bbl has three guides on the bottom with front & rear being unthreaded and the center one threaded to screw on to the lower bbl which is also the arbor for the 9-shot pinfire cylinder. Right side of bbl has two guides and a socket for the steel button head ramrod. Front guide is integral with the bbl band, middle & rear guides are attached with screws. The thin, solid recoil shield has a typical spring-loaded loading gate in right side for the pinfire cylinder. Hammer is typical Le Mat style with long spur that has a heart-shaped checkered panel and an articulated lever to fire the percussion bbl. Trigger guard is typical Belgian styling and attached to front of frame and lower tang with screws. Mounted with a nicely figured, uncheckered walnut stock with straight grip and smooth steel buttplate with long stepped top tang. Bottom of center bbl guide has an attached sling eye with corresponding sling eye in buttstock. Left side of bbl has a prancing lion in an oval proof mark along with the serial number and right side has partial inspector initials which are probably “J.P.D.”. Left side of lower bbl has a crown “N” proof mark. Frame pin is screw type with mushroom head that has a knurled edge. This carbine strongly resembles the Belgian pinfire carbine SN 233 as pictured on p. 125 of Le MAT, THE MAN, THE GUN, Forgett & Serpette. Serial number was observed on lower tang on both bbls and cylinder. Stock is not numbered and the buttplate has the number “14” inside top tang. This rare carbine has a most unusual feature of gold wire inlay at chamber end of the top bbl and around the two rear bbl guides with another gold band around muzzle. Top flat of bbl is inlaid in gold “Col. A. Le Mat”. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Overall retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish with browned bbls and blued cylinder, frame & buttplate with color case hardened hammer. Stock is sound with a few bruises on left side and retains about all of its fine custom finish. Frame has what appears to be a repaired crack on top right rear corner with fine light pitting on right side. Mechanics are fine. Top bbl is dark & worn with traces of rifling. Bottom bore has strong sharp rifling with moderate to heavy pitting. Altogether an exceedingly rare Le Mat carbine. 4-39731 JR325 (20,000-30,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2437	$0.00	RARE LE MAT PINFIRE & PERCUSSION REVOLVING CARBINE WITH GOLD. SN 7. Cal. 44 & 54. Unusual Belgian made Le Mat with 18-9/16″ oct to rnd pinfire caliber 44 bbl and 19-3/8″ rnd rifled caliber 54 percussion bbl. Top bbl has the tall Le Mat dovetailed pinched front sight and a carbine 2-position flip rear sight with graduations 100, 300 & 500 meters. Top bbl has three guides on the bottom with front & rear being unthreaded and the center one threaded to screw on to the lower bbl which is also the arbor for the 9-shot pinfire cylinder. Right side of bbl has two guides and a socket for the steel button head ramrod. Front guide is integral with the bbl band, middle & rear guides are attached with screws. The thin, solid recoil shield has a typical spring-loaded loading gate in right side for the pinfire cylinder. Hammer is typical Le Mat style with long spur that has a heart-shaped checkered panel and an articulated lever to fire the percussion bbl. Trigger guard is typical Belgian styling and attached to front of frame and lower tang with screws. Mounted with a nicely figured, uncheckered walnut stock with straight grip and smooth steel buttplate with long stepped top tang. Bottom of center bbl guide has an attached sling eye with corresponding sling eye in buttstock. Left side of bbl has a prancing lion in an oval proof mark along with the serial number and right side has partial inspector initials which are probably “J.P.D.”. Left side of lower bbl has a crown “N” proof mark. Frame pin is screw type with mushroom head that has a knurled edge. This carbine strongly resembles the Belgian pinfire carbine SN 233 as pictured on p. 125 of Le MAT, THE MAN, THE GUN, Forgett & Serpette. Serial number was observed on lower tang on both bbls and cylinder. Stock is not numbered and the buttplate has the number “14” inside top tang. This rare carbine has a most unusual feature of gold wire inlay at chamber end of the top bbl and around the two rear bbl guides with another gold band around muzzle. Top flat of bbl is inlaid in gold “Col. A. Le Mat”. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Overall retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish with browned bbls and blued cylinder, frame & buttplate with color case hardened hammer. Stock is sound with a few bruises on left side and retains about all of its fine custom finish. Frame has what appears to be a repaired crack on top right rear corner with fine light pitting on right side. Mechanics are fine. Top bbl is dark & worn with traces of rifling. Bottom bore has strong sharp rifling with moderate to heavy pitting. Altogether an exceedingly rare Le Mat carbine. 4-39731 JR325 (20,000-30,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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