# Union Automatic Revolver

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The **Union automatic revolver** (also known as the **Lefever revolver**) was a .32 caliber revolver. It was designed by [Charles F. Lefever](/source/Charles_F._Lefever) (, 1909) and manufactured by the Union Firearms Company of [Toledo, Ohio](/source/Toledo,_Ohio).[1]

It was produced in limited numbers until 1912 when production ceased, marking the exit of Union Firearms Company from the handgun business.[1]

It was similar in action to the [Webley Fosbery automatic revolver](/source/Webley_Fosbery_automatic_revolver), but had a shroud that protected the recoiling upper half from contact with the firer's hand.[2]

Before its demise, Union Firearms also manufactured the [Riefgraber automatic pistol](/source/Riefgraber_automatic_pistol), patented by J.J. Riefgraber,[1] on which Lefever also had "done some work".[3] Charles F. Lefever later worked for the Daisy company in [Plymouth, Michigan](/source/Plymouth,_Michigan), for which he designed the [Daisy Model 25](/source/Daisy_Model_25), which sold over 15 million pieces by 1957.[3]

## See also

- [Lefever Arms Company](/source/Lefever_Arms_Company)

## References

1. Ian Hogg & John Walter (2004). *Pistols of the World*. Krause Publications. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-87349-460-1.

1. ["George Vincent FOSBERY V.C."](http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html). Retrieved 2024-01-29.

1. Walter Harold Black Smith (1957). *Smith's standard encyclopedia of gas, air and spring guns of the world*. Castle Books. p. 203.

## External links

- [Union Automatic Revolver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7K3nfH8cK0) at Forgotten Weapons

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