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The Smith & Wesson Model 686 is a six- or seven-shot double-action revolver manufactured by Smith & Wesson and chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge; it will also chamber and fire .38 Special cartridges. Smith & Wesson introduced the Model 686 in 1981. It is the stainless steel version of the Model 586, which featured a blued steel finish.
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 ...
The .38 S&W, also commonly known as .38 S&W Short (referred to as such to differentiate it from .38 Long Colt and .38 Special), 9×20mmR, .38 Colt NP (New Police), or .38/200, is a revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1877. Versions of the cartridge were the standard revolver cartridges of the British military from 1922 to 1963, in ...
Smith & Wesson Model 10; Smith & Wesson Model 12; Smith & Wesson Model 14; Smith & Wesson Model 15; Smith & Wesson Model 19; Smith & Wesson Model 36; Smith & Wesson Model 60; Smith & Wesson Model 64; Smith & Wesson Model 73; Smith & Wesson Model 340PD; Smith & Wesson Model 386; Smith & Wesson Model 586; Smith & Wesson Model 619 & 620; Smith ...
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.
The media attention gathered by the .38/44 and its ammunition encouraged Smith & Wesson to develop the longer .357 Magnum cartridge in 1935. The .38/44 was an option for purchasers unwilling to pay the premium pricing of the new .357 Magnum revolvers. The .38/44 revolvers were available with either a blued or nickel-plated finish.
The M&P Bodyguard 38, introduced in 2014, [3] is the latest incarnation of a Smith & Wesson revolver using the Bodyguard name. It is a polymer framed revolver chambered in .38 Special, and available with a Crimson Trace (previously Insight) red-dot laser sight integrated in to the grip. [4]
Smith & Wesson Model 386; Smith & Wesson Model 460; Smith & Wesson Model 500; Smith & Wesson Model 586; Smith & Wesson Model 610; Smith & Wesson Model 619 & 620; Smith & Wesson Model 625; Smith & Wesson Model 640; Smith & Wesson Model 646; Smith & Wesson Model 686; Smith & Wesson Model 1905; Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army; Smith & Wesson ...