The Modèle 1892 revolver (also known as the Lebel revolver and the St. Etienne 8mm) is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm for officers in the French military during World War I, and the French police until the mid-1960s.
A mechanically tight and very well finished handgun, the Modèle 1892 fires 8mm rounds with a striking power equivalent to that of a .32 ACP round. It also features a smaller calibre than many other military revolvers of that time period, including the Webley Revolver and its predecessor the MAS 1873 revolver.
Modèle 1892 revolver in The Two Georges[]
The New Liverpool constabulary raid on Zachariah James Fenton's home netted 48 Lebel revolvers among other contraband originating in Holy Alliance nations.[1]
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- ↑ The Two Georges, pg. 323, HC.
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