Originally Posted By: cadet
One of the neatest, most elegant guns of all, is the JW&S Automatic patent; each of the 4 or 5 I've handled - all hammerless sidelocks - have the unusual detail of a roller bearing on the forward underbolt.


This is because the barrels take over the cocking of the action in there last few degrees of travel and Woodward being the conscientious people that they were, thought to remove as much friction from the leverage as possible.