Originally Posted by wlw-19958

HiThe patent covers an automatic ejection system that used some
of the gas pressure generated in firing to expel a cartridge from
the cylinder. The U.S. Army experimented with this idea but no-
thing ever came of it. S&W didn't participate in those experiments
and by the date of this patent, S&W wasn't interested in making
any more Schofields. They had already turn down the Army's request
for more Schofields twice! They were focused on their New Model
No. 3.


Cheers!
Webb