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LORON Pierre Antoine
This open framework pinfire revolver is a conversion of same system LORON originally to percussion.
A lever bolt of disassembling placed on the left side of the frame makes it possible to disunite the barrel unit carcass thus allowing a faster unloading/recharging, the access to the cylinder being much easier.
The lever bolt can also act as extractor for the cases inflated by the deflagration.
The capacity of the barrel is of 6 shots and the range of the calibers goes from 7 to 12 mm.
This same revolver was also produced provided with the double action, it is recognized by the absence of peak on the dog.
The grip is finely squared, this grip goes up very high and hold place of plate of covering of the mechanism.
Thanks to the particular shape of this grip the catch in hand is very good.
Entirely polished white, it is finely engraved on the carcass, the console and the barrel.
It carries the punches of tests of Liege, namely:
Spangled ELG in an oval: acceptance of 1846 to 1893.
Y crowned: countermark of the controller of 1853 to 1877.
The console is marked LORON BREVETE
The model with pin meets more often than the model with piston
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