Marston leveling his LeMat Revolver
The LeMat Revolver is a single-action revolver with a high capacity 9-shot cylinder in Red Dead Redemption. This weapon's high capacity allows for more shots between reloads and allows the player to gain the upper hand, especially in short, intense firefights. The major implication of this is that the weapon uses percussion caps and not cartridged rounds, making the gun slow and labour-intensive to reload.
Produced in 1861, the revolver historically had a single-shot secondary barrel in 16 Gauge in the middle of the cylinder, in the game is it not usable. As well, the pistol reloads similar to the Schofield Revolver, this is inaccurate to real life, as the pistol was in fact a cap & ball revolver.
Achievements
The LeMat Revolver can be used to unlock the following Achievements/Trophies.
In a Hail of Bullets: Kill 500 enemies with any pistol or revolver in any game mode.
Bullseye: Get 250 headshots in any game mode.
The Gunslinger: Get a headshot while in Expert Mode in Single Player.