Smith & Wesson has been an industry leader and pacesetter almost from the beginning. With the firearm market more competitive than ever, S&W has managed to not only survive, but flourish and diversify. Subsequent changes and improvements in this model ended in the development of the Model 1917 revolver. It wasn’t long before S&W began production of their first large (“N” frame) double action revolver, the Triple lock. 38 S&W Special caliber, resulted in the most famous of all Smith & Wessons, the Military & Police. In 1899, improvements to the Hand Ejector design and the development of the new. Although at first it didn’t seem to have an edge over the already established auto-ejecting top break designs, this solid frame construction allowed for the development of a revolver capable of handling more powerful cartridges. Having successfully manufactured double action, top break revolvers, the solid frame Hand Ejector was the logical next step. Probably the most important gun produced by S&W was the Hand Ejector model. After some modifications and a caliber change, it became known as the. The Russians, however, were more interested and purchased 20,000 of these revolvers. 44 caliber was initially manufactured for a U.S. In 1870, S&W introduced one of their most famous revolvers, the Model 3. During the 1860’s and 70’s, Smith & Wesson had established itself as a leading revolver manufacturer. The speed of loading and firing this pistol resulted in it being named the “Volcanic” pistol. With the financial backing of Courtlandt Palmer, they produced a repeating pistol that cocked the hammer with the rearward motion of the bolt. Although most famous for the variety of double action revolvers, Smith & Wesson also produces a fine line of semi-automatic pistols.īeginning in May of 1853, Smith & Wesson began work on a new pistol. The combined genius of these two men and later their heirs created one of the most successful handgun manufacturers of all time. Smith & Wesson began in 1852 with the partnership of Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson.
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