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Automatic revolver
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

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.

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

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.

Before its demise, Union Firearms also manufactured the Riefgraber automatic pistol, patented by J.J. Riefgraber, on which Lefever also had "done some work". 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.

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References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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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