A founding member of Team Smith & Wesson, the legendary Jerry Miculek is a speed shooter and competition shooting instructor like none other. Jerry is renowned as the fastest revolver shooter in the world. From emptying a five-shot revolver in 0.57 seconds, in a group the size of a playing...
Wesson purchased Mr. Smith’s interest in 1873. The Wesson family sold Smith & Wesson Corp. to Bangor Punta Corp. in 1965. Lear Siegler Corporation purchased Bangor Punta in 1984, thereby acquiring ownership of Smith & Wesson Corp. Forstmann Little & Co. purchased Lear Siegler in 1986 and ...
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first and foremost, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the unbelievable accomplishments of the Smith & Wesson employees in these last 12 months. As with the rest of the nation, each and every member of our team has faced adversity in their personal and professional lives...
Smith & Wesson no 2 Old Model (or no 2 Army) - General characteristics of the no 2 Old Model - Old type of hammer knurling - Later trigger checkering - Grip escutcheon and screw variations - Firm and patent markings - Serial number marking (tiny and large dies) ...
The Smith & Wesson snubnose double-action Centennial “template” was—and still is—pocket-perfect.Tweet Like E-mail See Photo Gallery November 23, 2021 By Payton Miller In 1952, Smith & Wesson introduced the Centennial, so named to commemorate the company’s 100th anniversary. This ...
The Shield is one of the best-sellingconcealed carry pistolsout there. Smith and Wesson (S&W) sells them about as fast as they can make them, in9mm, .40 S&W and.45 ACP. The 9mm is the most popular (see numbers below). If you look at S&W’s website and go to the Shield...
To date, the serial numbers on observed specimens have not substantiated this figure, 76,642 being the highest number noted. Unfortunately, the Smith & Wesson factory records for this period are incomplete and do not give a comprehensive picture of production. The first delivery of #2s was ...
and that it was not added later or it would have been hand stamped. The improved hammer block was put into production after an accidental discharge killed a sailor during World War II. This improved hammer block is still utilized in today's commercial Smith and Wesson revolvers.EXAMPLE –Clic...
I remember one day a bee bird was in the top of an evergreen tree catching bees. My father dropped the bird at the first shot using a .22 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, the distance being about twenty-five yards. The bird's crop contained nineteen bees as I remember. ...