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In 1870 the United States Army adopted the 44 calliber Smith and Wesson American top break revolver: the first standard issue cartridge firing revolver. Most military pistols up until that point were black powder cap and ball revolvers, which were (by comparison) slow, complicated, and susceptible to the effects of wet weather. The Schofield had several advantages over the Peacemaker, with its topbreak action empty cartridges could be ejected and loaded in 26 seconds. While a Colt had to have its cartridges ejected on at a time through a ejector rod.

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rdfs:label	Schofield Revolver
rdfs:comment	In 1870 the United States Army adopted the 44 calliber Smith and Wesson American top break revolver: the first standard issue cartridge firing revolver. Most military pistols up until that point were black powder cap and ball revolvers, which were (by comparison) slow, complicated, and susceptible to the effects of wet weather. The Schofield had several advantages over the Peacemaker, with its topbreak action empty cartridges could be ejected and loaded in 26 seconds. While a Colt had to have its cartridges ejected on at a time through a ejector rod.
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abstract	In 1870 the United States Army adopted the 44 calliber Smith and Wesson American top break revolver: the first standard issue cartridge firing revolver. Most military pistols up until that point were black powder cap and ball revolvers, which were (by comparison) slow, complicated, and susceptible to the effects of wet weather. In 1875, Major George Schofield improved the revolver by adding a new locking system to make the gun easier to load for a mounted trooper. The new revolvers with the locking system became known as "Schofields." The US Army adopted the new revolver but also purchased Colt Peacemakers from Colt. Major Schofield had patented his locking system and earned a payment on each gun that Smith and Wesson sold. The Schofield had several advantages over the Peacemaker, with its topbreak action empty cartridges could be ejected and loaded in 26 seconds. While a Colt had to have its cartridges ejected on at a time through a ejector rod. The Army asked Smith and Wesson if they could make the Schofield chambered for 45 Colt the standard issue cartridge of the time. Instead Smith and Wesson made their own shorted catridge, the 45 Schofield. It soon became clear in the army that the two cartridges had problems. The Schofield could only fire the 45 Schofield but not 45 Colt, as it was too long. The Colt Peacemaker fired both catridges easily. The US Army would then adopt the 45 Schofield, but old stocks of 45 Colt still remained and US soldiers out west would sometimes receive the wrong ammuntion for their Schofields. This caused the US Army to drop some of the revolvers out of service. Smith and Wesson themselves began to work on new top break revolvers so they would not have to pay Major Schofield for his patent. In 1878 Smith and Wesson introduced the New Smith and Wesson model 3 revolver. Major Schofield would later be given a court martial, which some believe was because of the money he claimed from his gun. His wife would also soon die of natural causes, by 1880 Major Schofield kills himself with one of his own guns.

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