THR Lemat club

[Panzerschwein]

Question, all. What powder charge should I use if I don't have wads available and plan to use the loading lever on the gun?

I should be able to shoot my LeMat this weekend but don't have time to order or make wads, so will be greasing over the balls. I understand the loading lever has a short throw so I need to be sure there is enough powder to seat the ball fully.

 

[Lemat Doctor]

I suggested to the seller that since they
were in Lost Wages to take it over to the
Pawn Stars gun guy. Dont know if they did. If
it was a genuine sn 333 cyl, it might have been
a cyl from one of the first shipment of Le Mats that
made it through the Union blockade.

I just joined this forum, was doing some searches on Lemats, and ran across this post, I own Lemat # 333 and I think it has it's original cylinder, not sure I can see the serial on cylinder would have to look . All the other serials are matching

 

[Lemat Doctor]

I have a few original Lemat Revolvers, and some repro's, and make parts and repair the guns for myself and others. I read some of the post's on this forum from 2013, the 333 cyl and questions about the threads on Lemats, metric they are but there are many different thread pitches, I've measured a few of the different screws on a few ranges of the serials, there may differences in the Belgium, Paris, and London manufacture, in diameter, and thread pitch, would be glad to help answer any questions I can.



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[Surculus]

I have a few original Lemat Revolvers, and some repro's, and make parts and repair the guns for myself and others. I read some of the post's on this forum from 2013, the 333 cyl and questions about the threads on Lemats, metric they are but there are many different thread pitches, I've measured a few of the different screws on a few ranges of the serials, there may differences in the Belgium, Paris, and London manufacture, in diameter, and thread pitch, would be glad to help answer any questions I can.

Kudos to you for your originals! I can well imagine that threads on them are all over the place, given that there were almost no accepted standards back then, and at least 3 different factories producing them in Europe [and each factory being essentially "law unto itself" as to what constituted a 'standard' in re threading, bore size, rifling depth, etc...] At least those of us w/ the Pietta repros can be certain that the metric threads conform to modern standards and that the materials are of modern consistency. Makes things easier, altho' I do wish Val Forgett had chosen the last & best action mechanism to base the repro he engaged Pietta to produce instead of the middle CW production with it's complicated & still problematic cylinder lockup. [Or so I've read...]

Do wish Col. Lemat would share his recipe of what needs fixin' on the fresh outta the box Piettas: I'm sure a lot of shooters would still prefer to have him just do it, but I for one would like to see the information recorded for posterity in case someone is too far away or for some reason Col Lemat can no longer take on new work. C'est la vie...