The patent for this cartridge was granted in 1835 in France to gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux. In 1846, another French gunsmith Houllier improved the cartridge and in 1850, Casimir Lefaucheux's son Eugene began making cartridges for revolvers, shotguns and double-bullet rifles. A popular misconception among the general public is that these are rare cartridges, which is actually not true. There are a significant number of these cartridges extant, with the exception of the 15mm cartridges. Pin fire cartridges usually do not have a signature or are marked with a number indicating the calibre in mm. In the absence of standardisation, the calibre was somehow respected, but the length of the cartridge case depended on the imagination of the manufacturer, especially if it fit into the gun. The photo shows, from the left, a blank cartridge, a single shot cartridge and a mass shot (shotgun) cartridge. On the right is a 9mm Luger cartridge, photo by the author.
Source: J. Hýkel, V. Malimánek "Náboje do ručních palných zbraní" Naše vojsko Praha 1998
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