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A limited number of these pistols were also chambered in .357 SIG. [2] The .380 ACP version bore visual similarities to the larger Sigma pistols, but used a direct-blowback operating system and was otherwise unrelated. The material used for the slide in the .380 ACP pistols is a zinc-aluminum alloy known as ZAMAK. [3]
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (S&W) is an American firearm manufacturer headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Smith & Wesson was founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson as the "Smith & Wesson Revolver Company" in 1856, after their previous company, also called the "Smith & Wesson Company" and later renamed as "Volcanic Repeating Arms", was sold to Oliver Winchester and ...
.380 ACP 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.357 SIG.45 ACP United States: 2005–present Smith & Wesson SW1911: Smith & Wesson: 9×19mm Parabellum.45 ACP United States: 2003–present SP-21 Barak: Israel Weapon Industries: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.45 ACP Israel: 2002–present SPP-1 underwater pistol: Tula Arms Plant: 4.5×40R Soviet Union: 1971 ...
Smith & Wesson (S&W) began experiments with .45 ACP-firing pistols in 1984, and produced their first one, the Model 645, in 1985. Public demand led to the development of this series. The series is a .45 ACP version of their 9mm Parabellum weapons. They are normally double-action weapons, or what Smith & Wesson refers to as a traditional double ...
The Model 59 was designed for the U.S. Navy as a large-capacity version of the S&W Model 39, the basis of their Mark 22 "Mark 22 Hush Puppy" suppressed pistol.In 1965, the U.S. Navy commissioned a version of the S&W Model 39 that could take the 13-round magazine of the Browning Hi-Power.
The XD-M series is also produced as compact pistols in .40 S&W, .45 ACP and 9mm with 3.8-inch (97 mm) barrels. A "competition" series is chambered in 9mm, 10mm Auto, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP with a 5.25-inch (133 mm) barrel, remotely resembling the tactical XD pistols with 5-inch (130 mm) barrels.
The Smith & Wesson SD pistols are available in 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W calibers in either a standard capacity version (16+1-round for 9mm, 14+1-round for .40) or in a restricted capacity version (10+1-rounds for both calibers). [7]
The .45 ACP versions use single-column magazines holding seven or eight rounds (depending on the model). All P-series pistols of the same caliber use a similar magazine design, but slight modifications have been made to at least the 9 mm guns so that not all P-series magazines will function in all P-series frames.