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=== Characteristics === | === Characteristics === | ||
This is a | This is a classic police revolver used by police and military on most continents from the early | ||
1900's until this day. | 1900's until this day. | ||
Seen as | Seen as a prototype, along with Colt revolvers, of most modern revolvers. | ||
It uses the K-frame size, like [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]] and [[Smith & Wesson Model 19]]. | It uses the K-frame size, like the [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]] and the [[Smith & Wesson Model 19]]. | ||
Earlier versions,including the forerunner | Earlier versions, including the forerunner model of 1899 up until 1960, had thin barrels and a rounded front sight. Early versions were chambered in .38 Long Colt/.38 Special and occasionally .32-20 WCF. WWII models were also chambered in .38 Smith & Wesson for the British Commonwealth. | ||
From 1960 until today it was fitted with a heavier barrel and ramped front sight. | From 1960 until today it was fitted with a heavier barrel and ramped front sight. | ||
Barrels came in 2, 3, 4, and 6-inch versions. | |||
[[Image:S&W Model M&P.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special]] | [[Image:S&W Model M&P.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:S&WModel10Long.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with long barrel and Gold Medallion | [[Image:S&WModel10Long.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with long barrel and Gold Medallion grips - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:S&W M&PSHORT.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special]] | [[Image:S&W M&PSHORT.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special]] | [[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:RoyalHKPoliceModel10.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver (Marked Royal Hong Kong Police Issue) with Police Lanyard Ring - .38 Special]] | [[Image:RoyalHKPoliceModel10.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver (Marked Royal Hong Kong Police Issue) with Police Lanyard Ring - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:S&WModel10HB.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB ( | [[Image:S&WModel10HB.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB (heavy barrel) revolver (Post 1950s Model) - .38 Special. Later incarnations of the Model 10 had a non-tapered heavy barrel, which leads it to be commonly mistaken for a .357 revolver.]] | ||
[[Image:SW103inch.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 with three inch barrel]] | [[Image:SW103inch.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 with three inch barrel]] | ||
[[Image:S&WModel10SnubEarly.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 | [[Image:S&WModel10SnubEarly.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special. Early Model]] | ||
[[Image:S&WModel10Snub.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 | [[Image:S&WModel10Snub.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special. Same frame, but with smaller grips and 2 inch barrel.]] | ||
[[Image:Model_10.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Model 10 with three inch barrel and round grip]] | [[Image:Model_10.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Model 10 with three inch barrel and round grip]] | ||
Formerly | Formerly known as the "Military and Police", the most successful police revolver in history can be seen in countless movies. | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
Revision as of 17:34, 17 October 2009
Characteristics
This is a classic police revolver used by police and military on most continents from the early 1900's until this day. Seen as a prototype, along with Colt revolvers, of most modern revolvers. It uses the K-frame size, like the Smith & Wesson Model 15 and the Smith & Wesson Model 19. Earlier versions, including the forerunner model of 1899 up until 1960, had thin barrels and a rounded front sight. Early versions were chambered in .38 Long Colt/.38 Special and occasionally .32-20 WCF. WWII models were also chambered in .38 Smith & Wesson for the British Commonwealth. From 1960 until today it was fitted with a heavier barrel and ramped front sight. Barrels came in 2, 3, 4, and 6-inch versions.
Formerly known as the "Military and Police", the most successful police revolver in history can be seen in countless movies.
Film
- James Hayden as Patrick "Patsy" Goldberg in Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
- Robert Mitchum as Harry Kilmer in The Yakuza (1975)
- Richard Jordan as Dusty in The Yakuza (1975)
- Harrison Ford as Det. Capt. John Book in Witness (Snub Nosed version)
- Bo Hopkins as Frank Jackson in The Getaway (1972)
- Andy Garcia as Stone and Sean Connery as Malone in The Untouchables (1987)
- Richard Bright as Al Neri in The Godfather
- Geoffrey Lewis as Harry Pierpont in Dillinger
- John Kitzmiller as Quarrel in Dr. No
- Used in Mean Streets
- Police Officers in Police Academy
- Geoffrey Lewis as Ambassador Gummere The Wind and the Lion
- Roy Scheider as Det. Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo in The French Connection
- Gert Fröbe as Auric Goldfinger in Goldfinger (gold-plated with ivory grips)
- Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde
- Bob Gunton as Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption (Snub Nosed Version)
- Freddy Rodríguez and a police officer in Dead Presidents
- Joseph Cotten as Det. Sam Wagner in The Killer is Loose (1956)
- Pretty Boy Floyd (1960) (Snub Nose Version)
- A Bullet For Joey (1955)
- The Enforcer (1951)
- Lloyd Bridges as Tris Stewart in Trapped (1949)
- James Todd as Jack Sylvester in Trapped (1949)
- The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
- George Raft as Stacy in Each Dawn I Die (1939)
- Wheeler Oakman as John Ritter in Torture Ship (1939)
- Skelton Knaggs as Jesse Bixel in Torture Ship (1939)
- Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask
Television
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