Smith & Wesson dramatically changed all that with a progression of three aptly named .44 caliber “Hand Ejector” revolvers that introduced the now-familiar thumb latch that unlocked the ...

The “bayonet latch” Model One, First Issue revolvers surface so seldom ... First introduced in 1970 as an adaptation of the Model 10, Smith & Wesson's Model 64 stainless steel revolver ...

People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, even if it’s only from watching Unforgiven. Officially known as the S&W Model 3, it’s one of the important revolvers of the Old West. When we ...

45ACP. What we need to remember is that ... I'm familiar with surplus Smith & Wesson Model 64 revolvers that are still in use twenty years after having been retired from a police department.

Of all the revolvers on the market, few are like the Smith & Wesson Model 460XVR (Extreme Velocity Revolver). It’s one of the largest caliber handguns out there, with only giants like the S&W ...

Smith & Wesson offers a very diverse lineup of semi-automatic pistols as well as rifles, though the nearly 170-year-old company continues to manufacture revolvers, a design that S&W arguable ...

At first glance, the Smith & Wesson 351 PD doesn’t stand out among the fleet of J-frames and other snub-nosed revolvers that have been produced in the last hundred years, but it combines proven design ...

In the 1971 movie Dirty Harry, actor Clint Eastwood introduced the world to the double-action Smith & Wesson Model 29 ... S&W does not make single-action revolvers, and no double-action frame ...

Smith and Wesson originally started a partnership in 1852 in Norwich, Connecticut to develop the volcanic rifle. They branched out to revolvers in Springfield and Smith & Wesson’s revolvers came ...

The Springfield plant “reconfigured but will remain operational” – conducting “all forging, machining, metal finishing, and assembly of revolvers.” Smith & Wesson plans to close ...

Smith & Wesson's Performance Center recently added a customized, snub-nosed .38 to its line of concealed-carry revolvers. The new Model 442 is a lightweight, J-frame revolver that features a ...