170 years of Smith & Wesson
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The partnership
Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson join forces to build a firearm that fires a fully self-contained cartridge. The idea will define the company.
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The Volcanic
Their .41 magazine pistol, the Volcanic, is the first American repeating firearm to work with a self-contained cartridge.
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Model 1
A seven-shot .22 tip-up revolver on a small frame: the company's first revolver and the start of the cartridge-revolver era for civilian shooters.
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Model 3
The first large-caliber, centerfire cartridge revolver made in the United States. It becomes the revolver of the frontier and the company's first export success.
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.38 Safety Hammerless
The world's first double-action revolver with a concealed hammer.
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.38 Military & Police
NETHERLANDS
Introduced together with the .38 S&W Special cartridge. Known today as the Model 10, more than six million have been built. Every K-frame revolver on a Dutch club range, from the Model 617 in .22 LR to the Model 686 in .357, follows this design.
S&W PC Model 686 - Competitor 6" Weighted Barrel .357 Mag
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S&W PC Model 686 - Competitor 6" Weighted Barrel .357 Mag
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.35 Automatic
The company's first self-loading pistol.
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.357 Magnum
Smith & Wesson creates the magnum: a new cartridge and the revolver to fire it. Police forces adopt it quickly; for sport shooters it is the start of the magnum revolver.
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The Victory
A wartime version of the Military & Police revolver, issued among others to the couriers of the US Navy women's reserve (WAVES) at Norfolk.
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Model 36 Chiefs Special
The small-frame .38 revolver debuts at the IACP conference.
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Model 29
The .44 Magnum revolver that Dirty Harry made famous. Field & Stream later named it the fifth best gun ever made, the only handgun in its top ten.
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Model 41
NETHERLANDS
A .22 target pistol built for competition shooters becomes available to the public. Still a benchmark for precision pistol shooting.
S&W Model 41 Blu/Blk 5.5"
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S&W Model 41 Blu/Blk 5.5"
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Model 52
Built for the US Army marksmanship unit and its .38 AMU wadcutter cartridge, and known as the most accurate target pistol of its day.
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Model 60
The first all-stainless production firearm ever made: a stainless Chiefs Special. Stainless becomes the standard for sport revolvers.
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.40 S&W
A new cartridge, launched together with the Model 4006.
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Model S&W500
A new X-frame built around the .500 S&W Magnum: the biggest, heaviest and most powerful production double-action revolver in the world.
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M&P pistol series
NETHERLANDS
Polymer-frame pistols that more than 100 police departments adopt within a year. Sport shooters get a striker-fired 9mm that fits the hand.
S&W PC M&P 9 M2.0 Compact Carry Comp No Thumb Safety
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S&W PC M&P 9 M2.0 Compact Carry Comp No Thumb Safety
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M&P15
NETHERLANDS
The M&P15 rifle debuts at SHOT Show 2006. The M&P15-22 that follows becomes the .22 rifle of choice for club shooting.
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M&P Shield
Slim, light and striker-fired: the compact pistol becomes a category of its own.
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M&P M2.0
NETHERLANDS
A decade of development in one generation: new trigger, grip texture, frame and finish. Performance Center versions add tuned triggers and fiber-optic sights for competition.
S&W PC M&P 9 M2.0 Compact Carry Comp Thumb Safety
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S&W PC M&P 9 M2.0 Compact Carry Comp Thumb Safety
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M&P380 Shield EZ
Easy to load, easy to rack, easy to shoot: built for first-time and experienced shooters alike.
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M&P9 Shield EZ
The EZ platform in 9mm.
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Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.
Smith & Wesson spins off from American Outdoor Brands and becomes an independent, listed company, with Mark Smith as CEO.
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Shield Plus
Up to 13 rounds in a micro-compact frame: the most advanced Shield to date.
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M&P12
A bullpup 12-gauge shotgun that accepts 2 3/4", 3" magnum and mini shells.
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Maryville, Tennessee
Groundbreaking for a 240-acre campus with a 125 million dollar facility for headquarters, distribution, moulding and assembly. It opens in 2023; Springfield, home since 1856, remains a manufacturing site.
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M&P 10mm M2.0
The M2.0 line grows with a 10mm: optics-ready slide with the C.O.R.E. system, flat-faced trigger and high capacity.
TODAY
In the Netherlands
20|20 Supplies is the official Smith & Wesson distributor for the Netherlands. Revolvers, M&P pistols, Performance Center models and .22 sport guns are on stock in Kaatsheuvel. Serial numbers are registered per unit, and dealers order online at their own price.
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