Originally Posted By: Run With The Fox
Smiths are, I believe, a bar actioned sidelocked gun, not a back actioned like some of the "Limey" guns


Runner:

Revdocdrew posted these pictures of L. C. Smith locks:





They're backlocks, not barlocks. The mainsprings are behind the lockwork (back action) rather than in the action bar (bar action).

"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."