Lefaucheux Mle 1858NT revolver
Made by the Manufacture d’Armes de Mutzig c.1859, converted to centerfire c.1873 – serial number 367.
12mm de Marine six-round cylinder, double action, side loading gate with manual ejector rod, new rear sight blade on the fluted part of the barrel.
When it became clear to the French Navy that they wouldn’t get either the Lefaucheux Mle1870 or the new Chamelot Delvigne Mle1873 anytime soon, they polished up their arsenal of Mle1858N revolver to use the same cartridges.
