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[…] to mind when we consider the development of the .40 Smith & Wesson cartridge, which emerged from the womb as a runaway […]

[…] ammunition or cartridge cases. Two fellows by the name of Smith and Wesson had introduced the first successful cartridge-firing revolver, […]

Dan Wesson‘s .357 Magnum Is Back!

In 1917 both the Colt and Smith & Wesson factories had large bore revolvers in their line-up. Colt’s was the New Service, […]

In the closing days of 1908 Smith & Wesson brought forth a new sixgun which was destined to have great impact for […]

[…] it discreetly. The first viable cartridge firing revolver was the Smith & Wesson Tip-Up, 7-shot, single action chambered in .22 Short. Before […]

The .32 Smith & Wesson cartridge was then lengthened in 1896 to become the .32 Smith & Wesson Long. The 1899 Military […]

Instead of being offered in between the .357 and .44 Magnums as one would expect, S &W waited eight years […]

When retired lawman Floyd Lee Smith (he goes by “Lee”) took my MAG-40 class in Idaho last year, he was […]

[…] the British could claim at least a small amount of credit for the advent of Smith & Wesson’s Model 1917 .45 Auto revolver.