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The Model 36 was designed in the era just after World War II, when Smith & Wesson stopped producing war materials and resumed normal production. For the Model 36, they sought to design a revolver that could fire the more powerful (compared to the .38 Long Colt or the .38 S&W) .38 Special round in a small, concealable package. Since the older I ...
Smith & Wesson M&P in .38 Special produced in 1899 A .38 Special Jacketed Soft Point round Air Force issue Smith & Wesson Model 15-4 in .38 Special In 1930, Smith & Wesson introduced a large-frame 38 Special revolver with a 5-inch barrel and fixed sights intended for police use, the Smith & Wesson 38/44 Heavy Duty .
That same year, in response to reports from military sources serving in the Philippines on the relative ineffectiveness of the new cartridge, Smith & Wesson began offering the Military & Police in a new chambering, .38 S&W Special (a.k.a. .38 Special), a slightly elongated version of the .38 Long Colt cartridge with greater bullet weight (158 ...
Smith & Wesson Ladysmith: .38 Special, 357 Magnum (60-14), J-frame, 5-shot revolver; known as Chief's Special LadySmith [4] "NY-1": non-catalogued factory variation (bobbed hammer, double action only ) made at the request of the NYPD starting in 1987 (S&W identification number: 102308)
The Smith & Wesson K-38 Combat Masterpiece Revolver Model 15 [1] is a derivative of the classic 1899 K-frame (medium frame) Military and Police .38 S&W Special (aka .38 Special) six-shot double-action revolver.
The Smith & Wesson (S&W) Model 12 is a .38 Special revolver on Smith & Wesson's medium-sized K-frame. It is an aluminium alloy-frame version of the Model 10 (also known as the M&P). It was made from 1953 to 1986 in both two-inch (50.8 mm), 17 ounces (482g) and four-inch (101.6 mm), 19 ounces (539g) configurations.
The Model 64 is a six-shot double-action revolver with fixed sights chambered in .38 Special.It was the second all stainless steel revolver made by Smith & Wesson, the first being the Smith & Wesson Model 60. [1]
Later models in this series include the .38 Military & Police Victory Model [2] and the S&W Model 10. [3] The Model 1905, as with the other .38 Hand Ejector models, is a six-shot revolver built on the Smith and Wesson K frame, with a swing-out cylinder chambered in .38 Special. [4]