Mr. Eisenberg. Now, since it was sold used, are you unable to attribute any amount of use to the last user?
Mr. Cunningham. That is right, you would not be able to tell.
Mr. Eisenberg. Mr. Cunningham, could you explain briefly the manner in which this revolver is operated, paying particular attention to extraction and loading and reloading?
Mr. Cunningham. Yes, sir. First of all, the weapon has a frame into which a barrel has been screwed and a cylinder which is hinged on a crane is also fitted into the frame. There is a cylinder release on the left-hand side of this weapon which enables one to push the cylinder to the left.
The cylinder has six chambers—in other words, it is a six-shot weapon. There is an extractor rod and an extractor in the rear portion of the cylinder. When you press on the extractor rod, either loaded cartridges or fired cartridge cases may be extracted from the cylinder so that it may be reloaded again.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now, Mr. Cunningham, in the operation of this weapon, the cylinder takes six bullets—is that correct?
Mr. Cunningham. That is correct.
Mr. Eisenberg. In the operation of this weapon, when six bullets have been loaded into the cylinder, is any action needed for firing except six consecutive trigger pulls?
Mr. Cunningham. That is correct. You can fire this weapon either single or double action.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now, can you explain the meaning of that?