hawg
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Truth to that, I know that a couple of the LeMats were gifts to Southern Generals. I don't know whether the LeMat performed well in the field, but one would certainly serve as a distinctive general's sidearm, as generals don't "generally" engage in hand to hand combat often, or at all. How they (the LeMat) actually performed in combat I have no idea. I know the replicas sometimes have issues, but again, no idea of how the originals performed.
Anyhow, when I said I would not be excited over one of the foreign pistols, I was not thinking of any quality arm, the British and French made some nice ones for sure, was thinking more of something coming out of a village mom and pop shop in Spain in mind.
I can't think of anything from Spain altho there may have been some. The majority of imported revolvers came from England. France and Belgium. Belgium even made 1851 navies under license from Colt.