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Smith & Wesson Pistols
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Contemporary PR and marketing genius may have put the Smith & Wesson logo on everything from Nascar racers to a namesake fragrance for men, but in the minds of many, Smith & Wesson's name means only one thing: firearms. With gunmaking origins stretching back to its 1852 founding by Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson, Smith & Wesson is America's oldest and largest manufacturer of handguns.
The legendary arms maker easily dominated law enforcement, military, and civilian handgun markets for nearly a century, equipping soldiers from the Civil War to Vietnam and 98 percent of all American police forces. Smith & Wesson pistols have also been used in the Olympic Games for decades. In 2005, Smith & Wesson found their way into the arsenals of the Afghan police, soldiers, and border patrol, who ordered 22,500 Model SW9VE 9 mm double-action semi-automatic pistols through a U.S. Army contract.
Smith & Wesson has kept in step with other technologically advanced firearms manufacturers, introducing its own series of polymer pistols including the M&P (Military and Police) Model 9, which has a threaded barrel to accept screw-on suppressors. Smith & Wesson pistols from old first-generation Model 39 9 mms to 2nd and 3rd generation handguns such as the Model 645 and 4500 series .45 ACP handguns are highly coveted at auction.
Quick Facts
Since its introduction in 2005, the Smith & Wesson M&P semi-auto pistol has become one of the most widely used polymer-frame pistols in law enforcement around the world
Gun collector Elmer Keith's Smith & Wesson Model 41 semi-auto pistol sold at a 2015 James D. Julia auction for $4,680, while his S&W Pre-Model 39 pistol went for $2,398.50
In a 2013 Rock Island Auction, a Smith & Wesson lever-action magazine-fed pistol topped its $6,000 to $8,000 estimate, selling for $9,775