Among modern gunmakers, Dan Wesson is a particularly revered figure. In the late 1960s, he broke off from the family business—that business being Smith & Wesson—to start his own gun company. The ...
In our latest Gun Of The Week episode, we’re on the range with the Smith & Wesson Model 19 Carry Comp, a medium-size revolver ...
The Odyssey of the Smith & Wesson Model 39/59, from its Germanic origins to the gun shops of America and the jungles of Vietnam, was unique and very much a product of the Cold War. Although out of ...
Key point: The Model 39 is a capable gun that earned its spot in American firearms history. One of the earliest American nine-millimeter pistols was adopted for wartime service to take out enemy ...
FBI SWAT purchased roughly 800 Smith & Wesson Model 459s on a trial run circa 1984. For the overwhelming majority of the ...