The LeMat, however, married a legacy of repeating and multi-purpose arms to create, what he had hoped, would be the ultimate side arm of the military. The 10-Shot LeMat Revolver The LeMat shot a ...

The LeMat revolver is an interesting curiosity of the Civil War, also known as the “grapeshot revolver” Print Subscription-$35 for the Best Field & Stream Stories · Subscribe Today Gear ...

The LeMat "grape-shot" revolver was a favorite of Confederate cavalrymen during the Civil War thanks to its central shotgun barrel and nine-shot cylinder. Later, LeMats were also made as cartridge ...

The first revolver/shotgun combination was the LeMat revolver. Developed by Jean LeMat, a French emigre to the United States, LeMat’s creation was a cap and ball revolver, state of the art at ...

The LeMat Revolver was designed by Dr. Jean Alexander LeMat of New Orleans and Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard in 1856 and deployed within the Confederate Army.

The LeMat Revolver is still an absolutely solid choice, but the reload speed really holds it back, even if players have 9 bullets in the ammo capacity to work with.

The LeMat grapeshot revolver is another great idea for the battlefield that suffered from poor execution. Designed as a cavalry weapon late in the US Civil War, the LeMat revolver stored nine ...

The first revolver/shotgun combination was the LeMat revolver. Developed by Jean LeMat, a French emigre to the United States, LeMat’s creation was a cap and ball revolver, state of the art at ...

The LeMat is a nine-round revolver that also packs a secondary barrel capable of firing shotgun shells. What this means, basically, is that it has the relatively accuracy of a pistol (or high rate ...

The LeMat was invented by Jean Alexander LeMat of New Orleans and used by the Confederacy. It’s a nine-shot .42 cal muzzle-loading revolver with an 18-gauge shotgun barrel mounted under the ...

LeMat Description French physician Jean Alexandre LeMat, an in-law of Confederate P.G.T. Beauregard, developed the nine-shot .40 caliber LeMat, with a 16-gauge shotgun barrel. Nearly 3,000 were ...