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Smith And Wesson Serial Number Search Site; Smith & Wesson Serial Number Lookup; Smith Wesson Serial Numbers Manufacture Date; This model represented a number of firsts for Smith & Wesson Company. It was first of the top-break automatic ejection revolvers. Also first Smith & Wesson in a large caliber (chambered for.44 S&W American cartridge as. A good resource for serial number history is Jim Supica's book 'Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson', which I own but have loaned out. I have a smith and wesson model 10 the serial number is 701x anyone know what year it is 38 special 6 inch barrel blued thanks.
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169 Years of American Stories
Since 1852 Smith & Wesson has empowered Americans with the freedom, equality, and security promised by the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. It is this sense of safety and security that frees us to pursue our goals and dreams, define our future, and fulfillthe promise of America.
1852
Нorace Smith & D.B. Wesson form a partnership to manufacture a firearm that can fire a fully self-contained cartridge.
1854
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Smith & Wesson® introduces the .41 Magazine Pistol, “The Volcanic.” It is the first repeating American firearm capable of successfully using a fully self-contained cartridge.
1857
Smith & Wesson creates the Model 1. The first practical cartridge revolver. Its introduction heralded the end of percussion firearms.
1870
Smith & Wesson releases the Model 3. The first large-caliber, centerfire, cartridge revolver manufactured in the United States.
1877
The world gets its first double-action, concealed-hammer revolver.
1899
The .38 Military & Police is introduced alongside the .38 S&W Special cartridge. Now known as the Model 10, over six million units have been produced since 1899.
1913
Smith & Wesson produces its first automatic pistol, the .35 Automatic.
1935
Smith & Wesson introduces the .357 Magnum. The .357 Magnum quickly caught the interest of law enforcement agencies that were looking for a way to deal with more treacherous and better armed criminals.
1942
Victory M&P model released for the United States Women's Naval Reserve, better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) stationed at Norfolk, VA Naval Base who carried important, confidential messages between various section units.
1950
The Model 36, Chief’s Special® makes its debut at the IACP conference in 1950.
1955
S&W unveils the Model 29 chambered in .44 Magnum - the handgun made famous by Clint Eastwood in the movie 'Dirty Harry.' In 2005, Field & Stream rated the Model 29 as the 5th best gun ever made, the only handgun to make their top ten.
1957
Targeted towards competitive shooters, the Model 41 was made available to the public.
1961
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In response to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Training Unit, Smith & Wesson builds a pistol that could fire the newly developed .38 AMU cartridge. The Model 52 is introduced and becomes known as the most accurate target pistol of its day.
1965
Smith & Wesson introduces the first all stainless steel production firearm ever made. The Model 60, Stainless Steel Chief’s Special.
1990
In addition to the Model 4006, Smith & Wesson introduces the revolutionary .40 S&W cartridge.
2003
An entirely new frame size is developed to fire a new .500 S&W Magnum cartridge. The Model S&W500™ is the biggest, heaviest, most-powerful factory production, double-action revolver in the world.
2005
Smith & Wesson debuts the M&P® Pistol Series. A new line of polymer pistols championed by law enforcement officials. In the first year after their debut, over 100 departments purchased M&P pistols.
2006
The M&P15 is introduced at the 2006 SHOT Show to overwhelming enthusiasm.
2012
Smith & Wesson debuts a new slim, concealable, lightweight, striker-fired polymer pistol. The M&P Shield™
2017
The M&P M2.0™ family is the culmination of a decade of research and design featuring upgrades to nearly every aspect including trigger, grip, frame, and finish.
2018
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Built for personal protection and every-day carry, the M&P380 Shield™ EZ™ is designed to be easy to use for both first-time shooters and experienced handgunners. Developed to be easy-to-load, easy-to-rack, easy-to-shoot, easy-to-pack, and easy-to-clean.
Our Founders
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It was 1852 when Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson made their dream of creating a repeating firearm, using a self-contained cartridge a reality and made history. Over the next 169 years Smith & Wesson perfected the American sidearm to become one of the world’s most respected brand of firearms.
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