12 mm Lefaucheux

Black powder revolver cartridge Product February 2023 12 mm Lefaucheux 12×17mm Lefaucheux metallic horizontal.jpg Revolver 1858–1892 French Navy and French Army 1858 yes Rimmed, straight 11.3 11.8 11.9 12.6 0.94 mm 19.9 30.8 yes gram 0 0 The 12mm Lefaucheux is a metallic center-fire cartridge. It was originally created as a rimless pinfire cartridge using black powder employed by the French navy on the Lefaucheux M1858 revolver. Later it was adapted to a center-fire cartridge by the French Army in 1873 for use on the MAS 1873 revolver. Overview Originally, the 12 mm, was a classic Lefaucheux cartridge, with a side pin from its introduction in 1858 until 1873, when it was adapted and became a rimmed center-fire cartridge for use in the MAS revolver 1873-1874 then used by the French Army.https://www.revolver1873.fr/1873-marine.php Le revolver modèle 1873 à destination de la marine revolver1873.fr 2021-06-14 Features thumb|right|270px|The 12mm Lefaucheux. These are the characteristics of the '12 mm Lefaucheux' cartridge:https://old.municion.org/lefaucheux/12mm.htm 12 mm Lefaucheux - Cartucho 12 x 17 mm./ ECRA-ECDV 11 017 CLP 010 old.municion.org 2021-06-14https://pdfslide.net/documents/article-marine.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210615031438/https://pdfslide.net/documents/article-marine.html usurped June 15, 2021 11 ou 12 Marine Winchesterguns.com Yves Etievant 2021-06-14https://www.tircollection.com/t1634-rechargement-11mm-pour-1873 rechargement 11mm pour 1873 TIR et COLLECTION Armes Règlementaires 2017-03-20 2021-06-14 Brass case Caliber: 12mm Ammo: 12 X 17 Bullet diameter: 11.30 - 11.40 mm (.444" - .448") Neck diameter: 11.80 - 11.85 mm (.464" - .466) Base diameter: 11.90 - 11.92 mm (.468" - .469") Rim diameter: 12.64 - 12.66 mm (.497" - .498") Rim thickness: 0.9 - 1.0 mm (.035" - .039") Case length: 19.90 - 20.00 mm (.783" - .787") Overall length: 30.77 - 30.80 mm (1.211" - 1.212") Primer: patented GAUPILLAT Total weight: 18.34 grams Bullet weight (lead): 12.80 grams Cartridge weight: 4.74 grams Black powder charge: 0.80 g These are the most frequently encountered ("headstamp") tags: 1 / E / 82 / G. E 4 / F / 82 / G.E 1 / G / 82 / G. E 4 / G / 82 / G.E 4 / M / 82 / G. E 4 / K / 82 / G. E In these markings, the initials "G. E" referring to the manufacturer "Ernest Gaupillat", and the other letter and digits referring to the batch (probably place and date). Dimensions thumb|center|450px See also 12 mm caliber List of handgun cartridges References External links Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Military cartridges