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[[Image:S&W-Chief.jpg|thumb|[[Smith & Wesson]] double-action .45 ACP semi-automatic compact [[pistol]]]] ...a larger number of cartridges than a [[revolver]], although semi-automatic pistols are potentially more prone to malfunctions than revolvers due to their more

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...e company is best known for its line of interchangeable barrel single-shot pistols, and its muzzleloading rifles, though they have recently added a line of se ...phoenix.zhtml?c=90977&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=942841&highlight 13009 - Smith&Wesson: Press Releases<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

...name=Analysis/> It is also common on pistols. Single-action semi-automatic pistols require that the hammer be cocked before the first round is fired.<ref name ...be cocked and the trigger pulled. A typical DA revolver is the [[Smith and Wesson]] [[S&W Model 19|model 19]] revolver.

...er]], necked back and with a sharper shoulder angle. Developed for use in pistols with barrels as short as 10 inches (25 cm), it develops the same power as a ...This cartridge was developed by [[Remington Arms|Remington]] for a Smith & Wesson Model 53 revolver and a Marlin Model 62 lever action rifle, but the rifle w

|products= [[rifles]], [[pistols]], [[shotguns]], [[ammunition]], accessories ...ufactured the Volcanic lever action rifle of [[Horace Smith]] and [[Daniel Wesson]]. It was later reorganized into the [[New Haven Arms Company]], its larges

...quent models were [[bolt action]] rifles, and there are [[shotguns]] and [[pistols]] whose model numbers also include the "AR" prefix.<ref name="armalitehisto * [[Smith & Wesson]]

... had led gun owners to boycott S&W products en masse), becomes the Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation. * [[Smith and Wesson]] announced that they were getting into the [[Smith_&_Wesson#Other_products

|designer= [[Smith & Wesson]] ... shooting part of modern pentathlon competitions before it switched to air pistols. There is also a .22 short blank for use in [[starting pistol]]s.

...2, p.275, ".22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire".</ref> By that time, [[Smith and Wesson]] and [[Sturm, Ruger|Ruger]] had [[revolver]]s for it, and [[Savage Arms|Sa

... rounded nose of its bullet led some to believe it was designed for use in pistols. ..., are considered reasonably effective as a self-defense cartridge, even in pistols. While its heyday in the Second World War and Korean War has passed (as wel

[[Image:S&W-686x2.jpg|thumb|305px|[[Smith & Wesson Model 686|Smith & Wesson Model 686-P and 8"-barrel 686 Silhouette]] .357 Magnum revolvers]] ..., USA: Gun Digest Books, 299. ISBN 0-89689-297-2.</ref> based upon Smith & Wesson's earlier [[.38 Special]] cartridge. The .357 Magnum cartridge was introduc

|designer= [[Smith & Wesson]] ..., [[Centerfire ammunition|centerfire]] [[cartridge]] designed by [[Smith & Wesson]]. It is most commonly used in [[revolver]]s, although some [[Semi-automati

|designer= [[Smith & Wesson]] ...s]] [[pistol]] [[cartridge]] developed jointly by Winchester and [[Smith & Wesson]], two famous American [[firearm]]s manufacturers. <ref>[http://www.sixguns

Mr. Keith encouraged [[Smith & Wesson]] and [[Remington Arms|Remington]] to produce a commercial version of this The accuracy of the .44 Magnum is very good, with models from Colt, Smith & Wesson, and Ruger producing bullet groups of 3 to 4 inches (7.5 to 10cm) at 50 yar

...allic cartridges then in use. While the Colt remained popular, the Smith & Wesson M1875 Army revolver, the Schofield Model, was approved as an alternate. Th ...wk]], any gun firing the [[.454 Casull]] cartridge, or single-shot hunting pistols and modern rifles with strong actions (such as the [[Winchester Model 1894]

...average agent/police officer competency of use and qualification," and the pistols that chambered it were too large for some small-handed individuals.<ref>[ht ... Later guns (most notably the [[Glock 20]], [[Glock 29]] and the [[Smith & Wesson 1006]]) were built around the 10mm and, if properly cared for, work reliabl

*[[Smith & Wesson No. 3 Revolver]] ...Émile et Léon [[Nagant]], Perrin & Cie, Raphael, Simson & Co., [[Smith & Wesson]], [[William Tranter]], Waffenfabrik Bern, J. Warnant, and [[Webley]]. Ther

=== Pistols === * [[Smith & Wesson]]

...in order to increase production of the successful [[Campo-Giro]] series of pistols, produced since 1912. Several models of which, including [[model 1913-16]], ...nterparts of [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]], [[Ruger]] or [[Smith & Wesson]]. Astra continues the production and the development of many reliable and