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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 ...
For a Civil War soldier, owning a revolver as a backup gun was important, so Smith & Wesson's cartridge revolvers, the Army Model 2 and the Smith & Wesson Model 1 in caliber .22 rimfire came into popular demand with the outbreak of the American Civil War. Soldiers and officers on both sides of the conflict made private purchases of the ...
Smith & Wesson.32 Rimfire.32 S&W: 5 United States: 1865-1892 Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army: Smith & Wesson.32 rimfire: 6 United States: 1861-1874 Smith & Wesson Model 3: Smith & Wesson.32 S&W.44 Russian.44 S&W American.44-40 Winchester.38 S&W.45 Schofield: 6 United States: 1868-1898 Smith & Wesson Model 10 (Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector ...
Smith & Wesson First Model, First Issue 1859. The Smith & Wesson Model 1 was the first firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson, with production spanning from 1857 to 1882.It was the first commercially successful revolver to use rimfire cartridges instead of loose powder, musket ball, and percussion caps.
The Smith & Wesson Model 40 originally debuted as the Centennial in 1952 and was renamed the Model 40 in 1957. The Model 40 is chambered in .38 special and has a five-round capacity. It is a snub-nose revolver with a 1 7/8-inch barrel. It is built on Smith & Wesson's J-frame and weighs 21 oz. empty. [2]
Smith & Wesson No. 3, open for loading: The automatic ejector is up. S&W Russian Model No. 3 Emiliano Zapata's No.3, captured by Emil Lewis Holmdahl. Zapata's name is scratched on the ivory handle. Smith & Wesson produced large numbers of the Model 3, in three distinct models, for the Russian Empire by special order. The first was the 1st Model ...
American Outdoor Brands, Inc., formerly known as Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation until 2016, is an American manufacturer of outdoor sports and recreation products, with a current 18 brands of outdoor equipment. [1] Until 2020, it owned Smith & Wesson firearms, when American Outdoor Brands was spun out, [2] partly due a changing political ...
Smith & Wesson Model 1 Third Issue open. The tip-up revolver was the first design to be used with metallic cartridges in the Smith & Wesson Model 1, on which the barrel pivoted upwards, hinged on the forward end of the topstrap. On the S&W tip-up revolvers, the barrel release catch is located on both sides of the frame in front of the trigger.