Michallon
MICHALLON pinfire revolver, single action, six shots, 7mm calibe. Round, rifled barrel, 86 mm, with sides at the thunder, marked "Ernest Blaye" and punches "MN BE".
Open frame and round cylinder, engraved with foliage scrolls, stamped on the tail "Michallon". Hammer with hole in its center for aiming.
Trigger under trigger guard Walnut stock partly sculpted. Screwed cap ring forming a rod.
Michallon Jean: Gunsmith and inventor in Verdun then in Saint Etienne and in Paris Around 1840 died on 21/5/1871.
Numerous patents from 1844 to 1869.
Patent of 10/19/1844 for a percussion system from below and a transition pinfire revolver using the trunk system, 01/17/1845 for a rifle or pistol battery, and 01/13/1861, 02/20/1867 and 05/11/1869. (Jarlier)
Ernest Blaye unknown at Jarlier probably the seller (or owner?)
Michallon
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Jean Michallon
Jean Michallon is Harquebusier with Verdun about 1830 and arrives to Paris about 1840 while having made a halt between two to Saint Etienne. Dies on May 21, 1871.
Deposit several patents:
For a system with percussion under.
A revolver of transition pinfire taking again the system to trunk (see description below).
For battery of rifles or pistol.
Several addresses known:
23 Street Valbenoit 1861
1 Street of Lodi 1864
4 Small street Saint Jean 1868
Source: “Who’s Who weapon in France by Pierre Jarlier” Volume 1 page 286.
Michallon designs weapons with trunk and percussion of which it uses the concept to carry out this 12 mm with pin.
Arm which also exists in 7 mm (see page 98 of the book of Dimitri Singer “Guns and Revolvers of pocket at the 19th century”).
This revolver is a “second model” since we find a connection between the barrel and the trigger guard to consolidate the unit (on the first model, the connection misses making the weapon fragile).
The loading of the cylinder is made left side, contrary to the majority of the pin revolvers of this time.
While arming the hammer slightly, the cylinder turns freely, allowing the loading by a simple opening, without door.
Once the loaded cylinder, the hammer armed by Simple Action, the position of the opening is between two openings preventing the ammunition from leaving.
At the time of the armament of the hammer, the cylinder turns in the contrary direction of the needles of a watch…. There too, contrary to the weapons of this time.
The oversize hammer decorates itself of a hole in its medium to be able to take the aiming.
Stick out of wooden of only one part, standard rebirth, provided with a rod of ejection with ring, screwed in the cap.
Very few visible markings on this weapon, the support of stick, at the base of the hammer: “MICHALLON BREVETE”.
Nature: Civil weapon with lawful calibre.
Current weight: 750 grams.
Overall length: 310 mm.
Length of the gun: 168 mm.
Completion: Polish-white.
Barrel: 6 blows with pin gauges 12 mm.
Mechanism: Single Action only.
