le faucheaux?

[toyboy]

hi folks:
someone i know has a "le fauchaux" black powder revolver.i believe the spelling "faucheaux" is wrong.that was on the old green reg. cert.
it's a 7mm. caliber and a 6 shot with 86 mm. barrel.was it built in belgium(sp?)
is this gun still needed to be registered?it maybe earlier than 1810,as per the proof stamps.the gun is in poor shape and missing at least the rod to tamp down the round (i think that's what it's for).
what would something in this condition be worth?
thanks for any response.

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[tula]

this would be from the 1860s to the 1880s I would think (not pre 1810 or even pre 1860 for that matter, they were more popular in Europe the America though they did see some use during the civil war as a private purchase weapon. from what I'v seen it seems there were alot of the smaller framed ones sold over here duing the 1870s as cheap pocket revolvers.

 

[tiriaq]

Typical little Belgian pinfire revolver. Its missing its ejector rod; easy to make a replacement. Should be possible to get it deregistered. As an antique, perhaps $100. If it is registered as a 12(6) prohib, it could be hard to give away.

 

[tula]

it dosnt have to be registerd and its made in Beligum.

 

[H Wally]

Circa 1860-1880's. I don't think pinfires like that were even made past 1880... technology had advanced too far already.

No registry needed.
http://damascus-barrels.com/bp.html

A little hard to navigate, but has good examples of many guns:
http://www.littlegun.be/

 

[rgbai]

The elg in a oval mark means it was made before 1893 if it had a crown above
the oval mark it would have been made after 1893.

 

[toyboy]

thanks for all the replies.i will pass it on to the owner...

 

[mooncoon]

the gun is exempt under cc84 1(b) which says any prescribed by regulation to be an antique is an antique. SOR 98 464 says prescribes pinfires to be antiques. cc84 3 says antiques do not have to be registered.
In terms of being shot; I have a couple of similar guns. The hammer is fairly weak and I think the recess that the upside down #11 cap sits in, needs to have a square bottom in order to fire. You would have to make the shells from solid brass and the only way I can think of would be to make the body then silver solder the base on. The pressures are probably low enough that you might be able to soft solder the base on.

cheers mooncoon

 

[smellie]

Ran into some low-temperature silver solder at Princess Auto. Comes in a little tube with the flux in as well. It's supposed to stick at up to 25,000 psi, which is under a third of what a REALLY good silver-solder job will handle, but it should be more than needed. Melts with a match or a propane torch, too.

 

[catnthehatt]

As to the original question , it is spelled "Lefaucheux"
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