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Jean Baptiste Eyraud

Arquebusier to Saint Etienne, 1825-1860.

The inventor between other one of a system of revolver with brooch to lateral hammer and barrel toppling over around an axle, patent should be of November 15th, 1858.

This weapon has a device besides in end of stick allowing to fix an extension "rifle"!

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Jean Baptiste Eyraud

The same weapon as the previous but this one is nickelled and own the signature " Eyraud Breveté ".

On sale at "MAGAZIN ROYAL"

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Jean Baptiste Eyraud

Weapon with 4 barrels with an hammer with turret, one turns the turret to select a chimney. It's marked “Brevet EYRAUD”.

Singer, Pistolets et Revolvers de poche aux XIXeme siecle. Page 30 and 31. Jean Baptiste Eyraud is an inventor of a number of patents for repeating weapons and revolvers, active in St. Etienne 1825-1860. He copied a patent of Rigby, replacing the rotating disc by a rotating arm thus avoiding a patent infringement. On a two barrel that only switches between two barrels but the system also worked with four barrels of which this is an example.

Eyraud revolvers are not overly rare (though sometimes the name is misspelt):

But pistols are not so common. If this one is for sale, please let me know.

Info about Eyraud in le Qui est Qui de l'armurerie Francaise.

J. (Netherland)

There are several arms manufacturers Eyraud in France:

Eyraud C. at Annonay (Ardenne), 1900

Eyraud-Roussler, in Saint Etienne, 1879

Eyraud Jean Baptiste in Saint Etienne, 1825-1860 amongst other things, inventive of a system of pinfire revolver with side hammer and top break barrel around an axis (patent of Nov. 15, 1858). I believe that he is the inventor of the weapon with 4 barrels.

EM (Italie)