LeMat Revolver (RDR 2)

For the Red Dead Redemption variant, see LeMat Revolver.

LeMat Revolver
Statistics
Type	Revolver
Games	Red Dead Redemption 2 Red Dead Online
Power	Moderate
Range	Moderate
Rate of Fire	Moderate
Reload Speed	Low
Ammo Capacity	9 (Revolver Ammo) 1 (Shotgun Ammo)
Ammo Max	200 (Revolver Ammo) 60 (Shotgun Ammo)
Ammo Type	Revolver Ammo Shotgun Ammo
Accuracy	Very High
Base price	$172.00 (Redemption 2) $317.00 (Online)

The LeMat Revolver is a weapon featured in Red Dead Online and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Description

The LeMat is a cap and ball revolver with a single-shot, smooth bore barrel of buckshot beneath the main barrel, allowing players to switch between revolver and shotgun ammunition at their leisure.

With Revolver Ammo, its damage and accuracy are both marginally better than the Schofield Revolver and decisively superior to that of both the Double-action and Cattleman revolvers. However, its rate of fire is the slowest of all in-game revolvers, as is the reload speed, although the latter factor is somewhat circumvented in that the ammo capacity is nine rounds as opposed to the default six.

With Shotgun Ammo, the LeMat performs similarly to the Sawed-off Shotgun, except it has one round available instead of two.

Acquisition

In Red Dead Redemption 2, the LeMat Revolver can be purchased from the gunsmith in Saint Denis after the mission "The Gilded Cage".

In Online, the revolver can also be purchased from any gunsmith or from the handheld catalogue that the Online protagonist carries on-hand.

Trivia

• The LeMat Revolver is the only weapon in the Redemption saga to feature a secondary firing mode.
• The LeMat is the most expensive revolver in both Redemption 2 and Online.
• Unlike the previous game's model, the reload animation for the LeMat Revolver in Redemption 2 is correct for a cap and ball revolver, although it is difficult to notice this with it being displayed so fast. First, the user places the paper cartridge in the front of the cylinder with two fingers, then places the primer capsule on the fuse with their thumb and finally operates the lever to press the cartridge into the cylinder. There were cartridge firing LeMat revolvers in existence, although they looked a bit different from ball and cap version the in-game model is based on; they had a distinct, shorter cylinder and the Belgian centerfire variant also had a different grip.
• Upon close inspection when firing, especially in first person, players can see the pieces of the primer cap being thrown away when hitting the hammer along with smoke and sparks. This effect is exclusive to the LeMat revolver and the Navy Revolver in Red Dead Online.
• Historically, the LeMat was named after its designer, French physician Jean Alexandre LeMat.

Gallery

Arthur holding the LeMat Revolver

The player holding an engraved LeMat

Photo shown in the compendium

Shown in the Wheeler Rawson and Co. Catalogue

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Introducing the paper cartridge into the Lemat cylinder.

Using the lever to press the cartridge into the chamber.

Due to the bugged animation we can see in detail the paper cartridge.

Marston reloading his old school Lemat.

Marston shooting his old school Lemat. Note the greater amount of smoke around the cylinder of the revolver as well as the greater amount of sparks compared to other revolvers. It is intended to be a realistic representation of the effects of firing a black powder paper cartridge with a percussion cap.