This illustration is from Vorisek. No info on where he obtained it.


The patent 66,913 is a 1867 patent held by D. 0. Thrasher and B. F. Aiken of Bristol, MA.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=doYAAAAAEBAJ&dq=66913

Guns based on the Lefaucheux patent (pin fire) were sold here during the Civil War.

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