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Specimens of the model 2 under serial number 35,731 (produced by May 1. 1865) have a high probability of being used in the Civil War. The model 1.5 came into production after the war ended, in 1865. George Armstrong Custer is known to have owned a pair of cased and engraved S & W Army Model 2 revolvers.
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 ...
The Model 2 in .32 S&W was made in 5 iterations. The initial version was a batch of 30 revolvers that were the first of such made by Smith & Wesson with a trigger guard in 1880. These models were deemed to be sub-par and did not leave the factory until 1888. The second version was improved and a total of 22,142 of these were manufactured until ...
Changes to the 52-2 included an improved extractor and this version was manufactured for 23 years. [2] By 1992, the 30-year-old machinery used to make the Model 52 was showing signs of age and was starting to fail. Smith & Wesson decided against replacing it and the handgun was discontinued. The last model 52-2 was completed on July 23, 1993.
[2] The rear sights are fixed; similar to those found on the small J-Framed .38 Special and .357 Magnum as well as the medium-sized K-frame service revolvers. The front sights on both the standard and Crimson Trace models feature a tritium night sight that is drift-adjustable for windage corrections.
A .45 ACP S&W Model 22—4 Heritage Series with case-hardened finish. A Model 25—2, Target Model of 1955, in .45 ACP. Full and half moon clips loaded with .45 ACP and one Truncated Cone .45 Auto Rim cartridge.
S&W Model 28, 4 in barrel Showing stamped nomenclature on barrel unique to model 28. The Smith & Wesson (S&W) Model 28, also known as the Highway Patrolman, is an N-frame revolver chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge, in production from 1954 to 1986. It is a high quality matte-finished bead blasted version of the S&W Model 27.
It was fitted with a standard barrel of 1-7/8 inch length. The second model had a slightly heavier and longer barrel of 2-1/8 inch length. A 3" barreled version was offered until 1993, when it was dropped from production. [5] In 1996 S&W began chambering the 640 in .357 Magnum.