When they discovered that a former Colt employee named Rollin White held the patent for a "Bored-through" cylinder, a component needed for this new invention, the two partners approached White to manufacture a newly designed revolver-and-cartridge combination. Wesson were researching a prototype for a metallic cartridge revolver. History Early history Īs Samuel Colt's patent on the revolver was set to expire in 1856, Horace Smith and Daniel B.
It is a single-action, tip-up revolver holding seven. It was the first commercially successful revolver to use rimfire cartridges instead of loose powder, musket ball, and percussion caps. The Smith & Wesson Model 1 was the first firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson, with production spanning the years 1857 through 1882.
Smith & Wesson First Model, First Issue 1859 This is a two patent date variety shown next to a period box of.
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