Gunroom
Dec 23, 2020
2 minutes
Bill Harriman
An enquiry from a reader reminded me that I have not written very much on the pinfire system. This is not surprising because it was never really popular in Britain. Nonetheless, it was an important development in ammunition technology because it was the first practical self-contained cartridge.
Its inventor was a Frenchman named Casimir Lefaucheux (1802-1852). He worked for the innovative
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