RECOIL Presents: Concealment

CLASSIC CARRY: GAT FOR GUMSHOES

Smith & Wesson was sitting pretty during the first decade or so of the 20th century Smith, with a wildly successful array of revolvers in most every market niche. Not only did they have modern Hand Ejectors in every frame size and caliber from the tiny .22 rimfire M-frame Lady Smiths to the jumbo .44 Special New Century “Triple Lock,” but their .32 and .38 top-breaks remained in production as well.

While it’s easy to associate the medium-frame .38 Special Military & Police with “generic Smith & Wesson revolver” of the period, especially for law enforcement, things weren’t nearly that regularized or uniform.

The .32 Hand Ejector Model of 1903,

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