How would this even work?

by Frank S, Saturday, January 09, 2021, 10:54 (1202 days ago)

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/pistols/9x18-makarov-pistols/nav...
I wrote the seller and asked if this was indeed a cartridge gun.
His reply......
Yes this is as hell gun it has 45 long colt and 20 gauge the shell goes into cylinder like regular revolver s 45colt then a 20 gage tan 45 colt until it’s full thanks bernie
Pictures don't appear to show a cartridge cylinder...how would you load a 20 gauge shell?

How would this even work?

by Don Sikes @, Vera Cruz, Missouri, Saturday, January 09, 2021, 11:43 (1202 days ago) @ Frank S

He's pulling your leg... it's a Le Matt black powder cap-n-ball revolver with a shotgun chamber and barrel as the center cylinder "pin"... not a cartridge gun... in the ad, it is mislabeled as 45Colt... look at the pictures... it tells everything.

Scammer who know just enough, but not quite?

by cas, Saturday, January 09, 2021, 20:20 (1202 days ago) @ Don Sikes

???

Scammer who know just enough, but not quite?

by Don Sikes @, Vera Cruz, Missouri, Saturday, January 09, 2021, 20:57 (1202 days ago) @ cas

look up LeMat revolver.... It's a cap-n-ball invented by LeMat of New Orleans... they were used by the Confederacy in the Civil War ... originally in .36 or .42 cal with a 20 ga center smooth bore barrel in the center (used as the center pin for the cylinder) ... final version were pin-fire cartridge versions..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver

Normally a scammer just uses someone else's photos.

by cas, Monday, January 11, 2021, 17:22 (1200 days ago) @ Don Sikes

Whomever took those photos typed out .45 Colt and 20ga. So the real owner.... er.. the person in possession of the pistol, knows nothing.

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