On Cowboys: The Smith & Wesson Top-Break Revolver

The competition to build a better cartridge revolver resulted in more than the gun that won the west – the Colt Single Action Army. Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson did their part in making firearms history with the creation of the top-break revolver, originally known as the Model No. 3, a six-shot revolver in .44 caliber. The very first Model No. 3 was manufactured in May of 1870 followed by variations like “The American”, “The Russian” and “The Schoefield”.

Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, 04-27-11 at 2:00PM | 04-27-11 at 9:00PM | 04-28-11 at 2:30AM, all times Eastern.

First aired: On Outdoor Channel, Wednesday 07-28-10 at 7:00PM and 11:30PM, Thursday 07-29-10 at 1:30AM, all times Eastern.