Government charged White with causing the retardation of arms development in America. White's vigorous defence of his patent caused a problem for arms makers in the United States at the time as they could not manufacture cartridge revolvers. In many of these instances part of the restitution came in the form of the offender being forced to stamp "Manufactured for Smith & Wesson" on the revolvers in question. Īt the same time, the company's design was being infringed upon by other manufacturers which led to numerous lawsuits filed by Rollin White. In 1860 demand volume exceeded the production capacity so Smith & Wesson expanded into a new facility and began experimenting with a new cartridge design more suitable than the.
The orders for the Smith & Wesson Model 1 revolver outpaced the factory's production capabilities. Smith & Wesson's revolvers came into popular demand with the outbreak of the American Civil War as soldiers from all ranks on both sides of the conflict made private purchases of the revolvers for self-defense. This arrangement left White responsible for defending his patent, which eventually led to his financial ruin, while it was very advantageous for Smith & Wesson. Rather than make White a partner in their company, Smith & Wesson paid him a royalty of $0.25 on every revolver they made. After Wesson left Volcanic Repeating Arms in 1856, he rejoined Smith to form the Smith & Wesson Revolver Company which would become the modern Smith & Wesson company. Wesson reconnected with Smith and the two partners approached White to manufacture a newly designed revolver-and-cartridge combination. His research pointed out that a former Colt employee named Rollin White held the patent for a "bored-through" cylinder, a component he would need for his invention. Smith & Wesson Revolver Company Īs Samuel Colt's patent on the revolver was set to expire in 1856, Wesson began developing a prototype for a cartridge revolver. Volcanic Repeating Arms was insolvent in late 1856, after which it was reorganized as the New Haven Arms Company in April 1857 and eventually as the Winchester Repeating Arms Company by 1866.
Smith left the company and returned to his native Springfield, Massachusetts, while Wesson stayed on as plant manager with Volcanic Repeating Arms for 8 months. The Smith & Wesson Company was renamed Volcanic Repeating Arms in 1855 and was purchased by Oliver Winchester. Smith developed a new Volcanic Cartridge, which he patented in 1854. Wesson founded the Smith & Wesson Company in Norwich, Connecticut in 1852 to develop the Volcanic rifle.
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