I've heard there's an old adage that also applies to the LeMat: The two happiest days of owning a LeMat are the day you receive it and the day you sell it. It might have appealed to the southern officers with it's 9 shots & shotgun barrel but I think a pair of loaded Colts would be plenty of firepower. I wonder if any of those Confederate officers ever actually killed a Yankee with a LeMat.