22 rimfire, the Smith & Wesson ... loading and unloading. A fixed rod underneath the barrel was used to eject empties. In 1860, with 11,671 revolvers made, S&W introduced a second version. The ...

Mention the words “Smith & Wesson revolver,” and ... the one-cartridge-at-a-time loading gate method was in vogue, as seen here on this Colt Model 1878 double-action revolver.