SMITH & WESSON 27-3 357 Magnum; 90% blue, excellent bore, good grips, 6'' barrel, Original blue finish and checkered walnut target grips. Fixed front and fully. Smith & Wesson Model 3. Smith & Wesson No. Revolver. A Smith & Wesson No. Type. Service. Revolver. Place of origin. United States. Service history. In service. Used by. United States,Russian Empire,Kingdom of Montenegro,Argentina,Empire of Japan,Ottoman Empire,Royal Canadian Mounted Police,South Australia Police,Spain. Wars. American Indian Wars. Russo- Turkish War (1. North- West Rebellion,Spanish–American War,Philippine–American War,World War I (limited)Production history. Designer. Smith & Wesson. Manufacturer. Smith & Wesson. Produced. 18. 68–1. Specifications. Weight. Length. 30. 5 millimetres (1. Barrel length. 16. Caliber. 4. 4 Russian, . S& W American, . S& W, . 4. 4 Henry, . Winchester. Action. Single- action. Muzzle velocity. Imperial Russian Army in 1. Schofield, who made his own modifications to the Model 3 to meet his perceptions of the Cavalry's needs. Smith & Wesson incorporated these modifications into an 1. Major, planning to obtain significant military contracts for the new revolver. Model 3 revolvers were later produced in an assortment of calibers, including . Henry Rimfire, . 4. Schofield. The design would influence the smaller S& W . Single Action that is retroactively referred to as the Model 2. The first was the 1st Model Russian (the original order design), with the Russian Ordnance Inspector mandating a number of improvements to the design, resulting in the 2nd Model Russian, with a final revision to the Russian design being known as the 3rd Model Russian. This led to the Imperial government cancelling the order for significant quantities of Smith & Wesson–made revolvers (which Smith & Wesson had already produced), and delaying (or refusing) payment for the handguns that had already been delivered. Army adopted the . S& W American caliber Smith & Wesson Model 3 revolver in 1. Model 3 revolver the first standard- issue cartridge- firing revolver in US service.
Most military pistols until that point were black powder cap and ball revolvers, which were (by comparison) slow, complicated, and susceptible to the effects of wet weather. Schofield (known as the . Smith & Wesson instead developed their own, slightly shorter . Schofield, otherwise known as the . S& W. Government adopted the shorter . Schofield cartridge as the standard cartridge. Despite the change, old stocks of the longer . Colt rounds in the supply line caused the Army to drop most of the Schofields and continue with the Colt. Major Schofield had patented his locking system and earned a payment on each gun that Smith & Wesson sold, and at the time his older brother, John M. Schofield, was the head of the Army Ordnance Board and the political situation may have been the main issue for the early end of army sales. Like the other Smith & Wesson Model 3s, they were also reportedly popular with lawmen and outlaws in the American West, and were reportedly used by Jesse James, Bob Ford (who used one to kill James). The Smith & Wesson No. Wyatt Earp during the OK Corral Gunfight with the Clanton Gang. The surplus Schofield revolvers were reconditioned by wholesalers and gunsmiths (at professional factory- quality level) with a considerable number offered for sale on the commercial market with a 5- inch barrel as well as the standard size barrel of 7 inches. These revolvers were then inspected by the Wells Fargo armorer and uniquely stamped . There are more . In the previous engineering, the posts of the frame would wear out after heavy usage. Schofield's improvement called for heat treated, replaceable components at this sensitive . Standard chambering was . Russian, although other calibers were offered on special order or in related models such as the . Frontier Model, the . Target Models, and the very rare . Winchester Model. At the direction of Police Commissioner Peterswald an order was placed through S& W's New York agent for 2. Russian with a seven- inch barrel length. The order, which included extension shoulder stocks, ammunition, and reloading kits, arrived at Adelaide in March 1. The revolvers and stocks were thereupon marked with a government broad arrow punch mark, and were called revolver- carbines. They were issued to mounted police, known as troopers, who at that period also policed the Northern Territory. Both the South Australia and Western Australia police made further small purchases during 1. For some thirty years the revolver- carbine was the front line weapon of the mounted police of S. A., W. A., and N. T. Nearly all serial numbers are known, and are listed in the book Service Arms of the South Australian Police. The revolver was one of three embellished guns that were cased for Oakley as a presentation group. Most common were the versions made in Spain, Mexico and Belgium; but companies such as Ludwig Loewe & Company of Germany and the Tula Arsenal in Russia played a hand in the counterfeit game, too. Copies have been found in Turkey and Pakistan as well, made by local manufacturers. M1. 88. 4 Sistema ON. One victim of this was Smith & Wesson, whose lucrative contract to produce Model 3 revolvers for the Spanish Army was quickly cancelled. Its work given to local gunsmiths in Eibar by different firms without any standardization of parts. It is notable for its grip medallion, which is an . That is why their firearms have MARCA REGISTRADA and the date of the Spanish patent on their barrels. These copies, mostly manufactured in Liege, were marked as if to deceive a buyer into thinking that they were a revolver produced by Smith & Wesson. Many of the finer details such as the location of the Smith & Wesson factory were incorrectly stamped on the revolvers (New York and VK being the two most common). Some were brought by defectors from the Spanish military. These handguns also service, later, in the Philippine- American War. Romania. It was designated by the British Army as the . They were dubbed . Orbea Hermanos y Cia., Garate, Anitua y Cia., and Trocaola, Aranzabal y Cia. Orbea Hermanos was the major contractor and the other two were sub- contractors. Rexach & Urgoite was later contracted in 1. Finish and quality control was varied throughout the run of production. The fact that they were making service pistols and revolvers for France and Italy at the same time was definitely a factor. As there was no standardization of design or parts between manufacturers, each manufacturer's model was considered a different gun altogether. The Garate, Anitua y Cia. The RUC later sold them off to the New South Wales Police Force, who made snub- nosed revolvers out of them and issued them as backup pistols. A cut- down snub- nosed . Despite being touted as a . Side- by- side comparison of an original with the pre- production gun showed that the new version is slightly more stout than the original around the barrel and top strap, though not as much as on the Navy Arms guns. Changes in the internal lock mechanism were also made. A heavier cylinder was fitted into the stronger frame. Unlike the Uberti reproductions that have a longer- than- original cylinder and frame the S& W was made to only accommodate the shorter original Schofield rounds. These replica Model 3 revolvers have lengthened cylinders to accommodate . Colt and . 4. 4- 4. Although there were some problems with the locking latch angles in early versions, these were generally corrected or the revolvers were replaced. European reproduction Model 3 revolvers have changes made to their lockwork to meet import regulations. Queen Street House, 4th Queen Street, Bath BA1 1. HE, UK: Parragon. ISBN 9. 78- 1- 4. The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms. Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 1- 5. 85. 74- 7. Retrieved April 2. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media, Inc. ISBN 0- 8. 96. 89- 2. X. Pistols: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ISBN 9. 78- 1- 8. The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood. ISBN 9. 78- 0- 7. Springfield Armory Museum. Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide. ISBN 9. 78- 1- 4. Revolvers of the British Services, 1. Maze, Robert J. Howdah to High Power – A Century of British Breechloading Service Pistols (1. Taffin, John (2. 00. The Gun Digest Book of the . Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. ISBN 0- 8. 96. 89- 4. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. Iola, Wisconsin: . ISBN 9. 78- 1- 4. 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