Union Automatic Revolver

The Union automatic revolver (also known as the Lefever revolver) was a .32 caliber revolver. It was designed by Charles F. Lefever (U.S. patent 944,448, 1909) and manufactured by the Union Firearms Company of Toledo, Ohio.[1]

Union Automatic Revolver
TypeAutomatic revolver
Place of originUnited States
Production history
Designed1909
ManufacturerUnion Firearms Company
Produced1909–1912
No. builtlimited
Specifications
Cartridge.32 S&W
ActionRecoil operated semi-automatic revolver
Rate of fireSemi-automatic
SightsIron

It was produced in limited numbers until 1912 when production ceased, marking the exit of Union Firearms Company from the handgun business.[1]

It was similar in action to the Webley Fosbery automatic revolver, but had a shroud that protected the recoiling upper half from contact with the firer's hand.[2]

Before its demise, Union Firearms also manufactured the Riefgraber automatic pistol, patented by J.J. Riefgraber,[1] on which Lefever also had "done some work".[3] Charles F. Lefever later worked for the Daisy company in Plymouth, Michigan, for which he designed the Daisy Model 25, which sold over 15 million pieces by 1957.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Ian Hogg; John Walter (2004). Pistols of the World. Krause Publications. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-87349-460-1.
  2. ^ "George Vincent FOSBERY V.C." Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. ^ a b Walter Harold Black Smith (1957). Smith's standard encyclopedia of gas, air and spring guns of the world. Castle Books. p. 203.
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