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Belgian pocket revolver

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c. 1850

Overview

revolver

Historical information

Sir Federick Samson's Belgian made 7 mm pinfire pepperbox multi‑barrel pocket revolver made in Liège from roughly the 1850s–1880s, chambered for the 7 mm Lefaucheux‑type pinfire cartridge and intended as a concealable civilian defence weapon. Calibre: Nominal 7 mm (often described in trade listings as 7 mm /.32).

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-205-2026.9

Contextual information

These are part of the first generation of commercially viable cartridge handguns, bridging the gap between percussion revolvers and metallic‑cartridge revolvers
Previous catalogue number: 92/203

Year

Last modified

Wednesday, 11 March, 2026

Completeness

83

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