Smith & Wesson Ladysmith Smith & Wesson Ladysmith The S&W Ladysmith (later styled LadySmith) is a series of handguns manufactured by Smith & Wesson starting early in the 20th century. Early models, branded were chambered in .22 Long. Starting in the 1980s, under the slightly modified "LadySmith" moniker, S&W manufactured several short-barreled revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Smith & Wesson has produced firearms over the years in several standard frame sizes. "M-frame" refers to the small early Ladysmith frame. Later LadySmith small revolvers were made on the somewhat larger "J-frame", the standard S&W small-frame revolver. The tiny M-frame .22" hand-ejector Ladysmith revolver was produced from
Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army with Remington Arms, Smith & Wesson allowed Remington to convert Remington Model 1858 Percussion Cap revolvers into metallic cartridge .46 rimfire conversions using the Rollin White patent, against payment of a royalty fee. In 1869 the company developed a large frame break action single action revolver with an automatic empty case ejector, first produced 1870, in the calibers .44 S&W American and .44 Henry. The design is known as the Smith & Wesson Model 3. Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army The Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army a.k.a. "Model No. 2 Old Model Smith & Wesson Revolver"