Well, I found the knife on S&W's site, and on Gunbroker. The action is called the "MAGIC assisted open system". It's got a button to push that opens the knife, that seems like an auto knife to me. It lists at $59 on the S&W site, guys on Gunbroker were selling them at $49. I'm glad I got it. It is a cool knife and I plan to show it off to others who will enjoy it.