This is one of the props I get asked about a lot.
The base gun is a reproduction of an American
civil War piece called a LeMat Revolver. It's
huge, originally with a 9 shot cylinder capacity
& a small guage shotgun barrel under the pistol
barrel, it was quite a formidable weapon.
Pietta of Italy makes replicas of famous Black
Powder weapons. This was one of those. It was
converted to fire cartridges for Firefly as they
are safer, more convenient & less messy than
Black Powder. Although the gun was live-firing,
it was legally deactivated when imported to the UK.
There are several machined steel additions to the
LeMat which make it into the Jayne pistol; The
scoop section on the front, the rib on top of
the barrel & the underslung extension replacing
the shotgun barrel.
This piece is very impressive in person.
