LeMat Revolver - Loading & Firing 

Arthur made reloading this seem a lot simpler.

Imagine getting a telegram from your friend at school telling you not to come in next month.

I can’t help but picture an old west showdown, both combatants given tables, tools and materials to prepare their guns and ammo, they get part way through this loooong process before someone in the crowd says “wouldn’ it be fastr if ya settled over a beer?” The two gunmen look at them, look at each other, then… “Ye why not” and head to the saloon.

I love the combination of original and modern technology in this video. gluesticks, 3d-printed tools, amazing that we can adapt modern tech to facilitate authenticity.

By the time you are finished with loading your weapon a messenger will arrive to tell the war is over. Beautiful music, thank you.

Remember switching to your side arm is alway faster than reloading. Seriously though this was a great vid love the history

владельцу такого револьвера всегда есть чем заняться) он никогда не умрёт от скуки)

Imagine reloading in the midst of like a huge battle and announcing, You:"Guys! I am reloading! Give me 5 hours!" Enemy"You heard the man, let him take his time."

That loading lever really liked to fly around. I can see why that particular design doesn't seem to show up in other guns of the time.

Ever since I was a kid and saw the gimmicked LeMat revolver that Johnny Ringo carried, I've been fascinated by this weapon. It was almost mesmerizing watching the cartridges being hand made and I was excited to see it on the range. Is it just me or, like the two BP revolvers I've owned and fired. . .not so dependable outside of the movies. I always had problems with bits of spent cap fouling the mechanical operation until I either shook the piece to the side to eject the bit of copper or had to manually remove it with a bristle pipe cleaner. So after all that amazing time and effort put into loading the LeMat, between the charging lever unclipping and bits of fired cap fouling the cylinder operation. . .exactly how great, historically, were these? (It's why I converted my BP .44 Remington Army to .45 Colt metallic cartridge.) GREAT VIDEO!!! Thanks for sharing it!

Pinkertons: shooting at the Van der lind gang Arthur:

This gun had been used in a very fun comedy. The comedy is life. Life is a comedy when you have a Lee Mat.

What a crazy gun, I've never heard of or seen one before. I have some reading to do to see what I can learn about that work of art. Thank you for the demonstration.

Oh how far we have come. I love the video. The music really puts you in 1860s America. Also I am a fan of this gun, but I couldn’t imagine my life depending on its functionality. From this era it’s Colt or Smith & Wesson for me.

Such a cool piece of engineering. I've always had a love for the Ole lemat. Loved your video. Taught me alot.

Fantastic video. It make you appreciate all the work that went into shooting these historic firearms.

One of the great things about being a reenactor is that you get to fire some **damned** interesting firearms. I've fired [that is, actually fired ball ammunition] a Spencer, a Sharps, a LeFaucheux, and a Lancaster [mostly reproductions, a few originals in there]. But the LeMat is still a favorite because it's an **interesting** weapon. It certainly has its quirks. A couple things for those of you who've never fired a LeMat... - - First and foremost, this is NOT your 'quick draw' gun. A loaded LeMat comes in at about 5 lbs, and that's a lot of weight at the end of your wrist. What's more, the hammer draw is 120 degrees or so. It takes a fair amount of effort to get the piece in battery to fire compared to its contemporaries. - - Secondly there are two grip styles with the LeMat, the 'infantry' and the far more common 'cavalry'. The 'Judge' here has a cavalry version, which was purchased by the Confederacy for use with mounted troops. It has the sloped hand grip that was thought to improve handling while horseback. The rarer 'infantry' version has a more conventional 'L' shaped grip angle, and was a commercial purchase only pistol. As a personal opinion, I've fired reproductions of both types and I prefer the Infantry model. While the recoil is greater with the Infantry, I found that I didn't have the same control problems that I had with the Cavalry model. I was able to hit the target more consistently and get the pistol back down to my aim point more quickly. YMMV, however.

Благодарю Вас! Увлекательное творчество, заряжания. Клёва.

Talk about patience!!!! What an honor to see!!! That must have been a fearsome weapon in its day six shooter with a shot gun barrel to boot wow!!! I'll bet a cow poke carrying that would have thought he was heavily armed back then!!!!

OTHER THAN THE LOADING PART I AM AMAZED BY THE GUNS EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL DESIGN.I MEAN IT WOULD LOOK VERY AMAZING WHILE HOLDING

Thank you for the great video (and Music) Always interesting to see cap and ball revolvers loaded in the field...brings home what folks had to go through before they could use the weapon multiple times.

Using 3D-printed tools to make paper cartridges for a ball& powder revolver is an oddly delightful juxtaposition

Absolutely loved this video, you didn't sugar coat how difficult the process was at all. Very raw.

Yes, i know about the Lemat revolvers. I was actually given a broken one. After a bit of maintenance I decided to change it into a .38 caliber for real modern shells, a new firing pin and and a bit of work on the barrel and it worked fine. The "shotgun" shell was difficult,

Always wanted a Le Mat... after watching this, changed my mind! LOL! Good video.

I LOVE REVOLVERS

So impractical, yet so fun to watch :)

Battle Cry of Freedom is the first time a song (or anything, really( has ever made me feel patriotic.

Very nice looking revolver and i bet it was a engineering piece of art for its time , but the process of preparing the ammunitions and shooting it looks very inconvenient, nice video btw , and thanks for show to us how that beauti works

By the time this thing is loaded the battle will be over.

"Cover me, I'm reloading!" *9 minutes later...* "Huh? War's over already?"

This is my Favorite old style gun !!!

Excellent camera angles.

После таких видео, понимаешь, что изобретение унитарного патрона это настоящий прорыв!

Owning a LeMat was quite a commitment.

Now that is one beautiful handgun !

What a pain in the ass to load the gun respect for them old gunslingers 🤠

Really enjoyed the music selection. Thanks for filming this process and giving us all appreciations in modernity

with a speed like that, I think it's fair to say that you'd not be reloading in the heat of battle.

Literally took him 2 minutes, 20 seconds to prepare ONE ROUND! THE GUN HOLDS NINE ROUNDS!!!!!

La musique est vraiment cool.👍 A chaque tire on a l'impression que le levier d'armement se déloge de son support .

I have a love for this gun now after playing red dead redemption 2. Easily my favorite gun to use in the game.

Arthur seemed to have the same mystical, magical Lemat that took bullets instead of balls that made an appearance in Forsaken. But, whatever, both a good game and a good film.

Adevărată bijuterie !👌 Mi-aș dori să dețin și eu așa ceva ❤❤

Beautifully piece of history.

If all we had were mini-guns and this kind of loading, there would be no war

That would be the longest gun fight in history

if you dip the ends of the the paper cartridges in melted bullet lube, it saves a step in loading

imagine if the LeMat in RDR2 had a 13 minute reload cutscene with a house building music.

Hey Kenny ready for battle? Oh wait I need to reload. 500 years later...

I reload this so much faster in Red Dead Online. I'm so glad RDO guns are historically accurate.

Remember. Switch to sword is faster than reloading

Thats a beautiful revolver sir.

Daam... a entire day of work just for a 5 minutes fight. jesus...

I’ll give it this. It allows you to use kid’s craftsmen skills to make your own ammunition for the gun.

Such an awesome firearm

"let me spend 35 minutes reloading my gun that can be completely fired in less than a minute

I really wish they remade the Lemat the way Hunt Shoedown did

“The gun you loaded all week and shot on Sunday.”

Wow, it takes a lot of work loading the Pistol.

Shame you couldn't record the PlaBOOM I was expecting for several shots but a great video regardless.

Okay now that's cool

Chief O'Brien would approve of this video any of you get the reference?

nice video

Процесс снаряжения настолько "увлекателен", что уже после первого заряда хочется пустить себе пулю в лоб.)

Enemy will die from age while u reload this thing xD

Quanta passione e quanta pazienza.

I love how easy it is to accidentally flag yourself while loading this gun. Safety was a real concern in the Confederacy apparently.

Always wanted one but only example I ever saw was a Hollywood prop!

Beautiful gun, but the loading process, jeez.

Pretty cool how he points the barrel directly at his face while he's loading it. 10/10 much safe very gun

Jesus Christ, an ancient flintlock is more efficient that this monster.

Alot of preparation to shoot this thing and it looks like bro was fighting the hammer more than he was shooting😆

I know that hammer is decocked… but still… loading a firearm while its barrel is pointing right at one‘s face… makes me feel 😵‍💫

A formable gun from old New Orleans 🧐

Fav revolver in rdr2 😂

Все удовольствие в зарядке

as a fan of the lemat revolver id never use the shotgun barrel. if fact id get a custom one with the shotgun barrel shut or something because 9 is way more than enough bullets and the shotgun barrel fully loaded just makes it more heavy

C'est la première fois que je vois quelqu'un charger un poudre noir aussi lentement la temp de faire une cartouche j'aurai déjà chargé 2 barillet pour un 44 remington 1858 ...

Я думаю если бы сейчас пистолеты заряжали тем же способом что на видео - войн бы не было😂

Это шедеврально 👍👏

I challenge you to a duel! I only need three days to load my gun!

Should get some gel and show us how effective it really can be.

I can't help but be surprised to find such glue sticks and tubes for loading bullets in the mid-1800s.

"Hey wanna go to the shooting range?" "Sure just give me 4 hours to load my gun" "Dude how many guns are you bringing" "Just one"

It's videos like this that make you appreciate just how revolutionary the invention of the metallic cartridge really was. The time spent to make each paper round, having to keep paper rounds dry and safe, the ability to carry ready ammunition, the time required to load each round, and so forth. I can't even imagine having to deal with such a slow loading process under fire.

Arthur: When are you going to shoot the enemies John!? John: in 3-5 business days

Imagine pulling up to the civil war with a glue stick and some coffee filters. Reloading this gun looks like an arts and crafts project. The manliest arts and crafts project.

Seeing how long the process to load not only the wad and ball but even putting them in the gun makes me have a sudden new appreciation for jacketed cartridges

honestly, i’m surprised how long it took us to figure out bullets in casings.

That has gotta be one of the most unique guns I’ve ever seen. A revolver with an underbarrel shotgun is really strange but neat.

Always remember, switching to your Sword is always faster than reloading.

It would be interesting (note: I'm not saying practical) to see a modern version of this. Say, a 7 or 8 shot .357 Mag. double action revolver, with a single shot .20 gauge action beneath it, with a thumb selector switch, using a common trigger.

There's a reason this was only used by some officers in the south. It was a cool idea. But was way too fiddly to be used by frontline troops in actual combat. More of an officer's weapon of last resort. I think they're cool-looking guns, I liked the modified example used in the first season of HBO's Westworld. I think that was modified to use .38 caliber shells and 410 gauge shotgun shells. A few years ago I looked into it, and there was one gunsmith who could do the modification, but it was very pricey. Edit to add it was .32 caliber not .38 and it was built by a guy named Frank Bird

No wonder cavalry was able to stay on the battlefield until the end of the 19th century and still be a force to be reckoned with. Great video, keep producing them!

You know i’ve never seen anyone make their own paper cartridges, that’s actually really cool.

Holy mother of god… The thought of having to do that more than once is making that revolver look like a mighty fine club.

9:17 he finally shot the gun after 6months of reloading

This makes me appreciate casing ammunition more and more.

As a history buff, i always knew that 'percussion cap' pistols existed, but I honestly never understood the process. This was an eye opener regarding the loading and use of such weapons. Thank you so much for this.