2. No salient points which will prevent its ready insertion in the holster.
3. Non-liability to tear the hands, since nearly all surfaces are neatly rounded. Cleaning is also facilitated by the smooth surfaces.
4. The fluting on the cylinder do not run out at the front, thus increasing the strength and neatness of the whole.
5. Safety, owing to the fact that the locking-device cannot be opened, permitting of dismounting the barrel without the piece being at half-cock. If the piece be not at half-cock, the cylinder and barrel cannot be assembled to the frame.
6. Front sight solid with the barrel.
7. The extractor-ring prevents the interior of the lock and the ratchet from fouling by escape of gas about the primer when using outside primed ammunition.
8. The hood on the front of the cylinder, about the base-pin hole, prevents fouling of base-pin.
9. The recoil-plate protects the head of the cartridge from exposure or abrasion; it also prevents sand, etc., getting in between the cylinder and recoil-plate, checking-rotation.
10. The cylinder and barrel can be dismounted without the use of a screw-driver.
Other claims, since made, are appended, marked “B.” It is not thought that they require special comment.