Smith & Wesson Model 1 Smith & Wesson Model 1 The Smith & Wesson Model 1 was the first firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson, with production spanning the years 1857 through 1882. It was the first commercially successful revolver to use rimfire cartridges instead of loose powder, musket ball, and percussion caps. It is a single-action, tip-up revolver holding seven .22 Short black powder cartridges. As Samuel Colt's patent on the night revolver was set to expire in 1856, Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson were researching a prototype for a metallic cartridge revolver. When they discovered that a former Colt employee named Rollin
Smith & Wesson Model 3 European reproduction Model 3 revolvers have changes made to their lockwork to meet import regulations. A Uberti produced reproduction was also marketed as the Beretta Laramie. Clint Eastwood's 1992 film "Unforgiven" features a character called the "Schofield Kid" (Jaimz Woolvett), named after the Model 3, his weapon of choice. In the 2007 film "", Charlie Prince (Ben Foster) carries two Smith & Wesson Schofield Model 3 revolvers. Smith & Wesson Model 3 The Smith & Wesson Model 3 was a single-action, cartridge-firing, bottom-break revolver produced by Smith & Wesson from circa 1870 to 1915, and was recently again offered as