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Smith & Wesson Model 3
The Smith & Wesson Model 3 was a single-action, cartridge-firing, top-break revolver developed in 1869, and produced by Smith & Wesson from circa 1870 to 1874.
The Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model Pattern I (1871) revolver were identical to the Model 3 American, except chambered for the 44 S&W Russian. The following 2nd & 3rd models have many differences, so they are located on their own page.
In 1875, the US Ordnance Board granted Smith & Wesson a contract to outfit the military with Model 3 revolvers incorporating the design improvements of Major George W. Schofield, known as the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver.
Smith & Wesson Model 3
Specifications
(1870 - 1874)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber(s): .44 S&W American, .44 Russian
- Weight: ?
- Length: ?
- Barrel length(s): 8 in (20.3 cm)
- Capacity: 6-round cylinder
- Fire Modes: Single Action
The Smith & Wesson Model 3 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antosha Rybkin | Boris Chirkov | Antosha Rybkin | Supposedly Russian 1st Model | 1942 |
| The Red Baron | Joseph Fiennes | Captain Roy Brown | w/ nickel finish | 2008 |
| Pelagia and the White Bulldog (Pelagiya i bely buldog) | Sergei Ugryumov | Stepan Shiryaev | Denix M1869 Smith & Wesson non-firing replica | 2009 |
| Sergei Legostaev | Murad | |||
| Andrey Mezhulis | Felix Lagrange | |||
| Aleksey Vertkov | Petya Telianov | |||
| Blue Ruin | Replica | 2015 | ||
| Wilson City | Jirí Machácek | Aaron Food | w/ nickel finish and pearl grips | 2015 |
| Vojtech Dyk | Kvido Eisner | |||
| 'Lubos Kostelný | Commissioner Brunner |
Smith & Wesson New Model No.3
Introduced in 1878, Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 was Smith & Wessons perfected single action top break revolver, generally smaller and lighter than previous models. It returned to the original Smith & Wesson barrel latch system, a change stemming mainly from the company's desire to stop paying royalties to George W Schofield. It was, after the Colt Single Action Army, the most popular revolver of the later frontier era, in fact more New Model No.3s were made than Single Action Armies during the 19th century, though the majority went to foreign military contracts.
Specifications
(1878 - 1915)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber(s): .45 S&W Schofield, .45 Webley, .450 Revolver, .455 Mk I and .455 Mk II, .44 S&W Russian, .44 S&W American, .44-40 WCF, .44 Rimfire Henry, .41 S&W, .38-40 WCF, .38-44 S&W, .38 Colt, .38 S&W, .32 S&W, .32-44 S&W, .320 S&W Revolving Rifle
- Weight: 2.9 lb (1.3 kg)
- Length: 12 in (30.5 cm)
- Barrel length(s): 8 in(20.3 cm), 7.5 in(19.0 cm), 7 in(17.7 cm), 6.5 in (16.5 cm), 6 in(15.2 cm), 5 in(12.7 cm), 4 in (10.16 cm), 3.5 in(8.8 cm)
- Capacity: 6-round cylinder
- Fire Modes: Single Action
The Smith & Wesson Model 3 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Trust (Operatsiya "Trest") | Anatoli Adoskin | Staff Capt. Radkevich | 1967 | |
| The Road to Calvary (Khozhdenie po mukam) | Oleg Kaznacheev | An Anarchist | Nickel plated; Ep.8 | 1977 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | Vasily Livanov | Sherlock Holmes | Spanish or Belgian copy | 1979-1986 |
| Vitaly Solomin | Dr. Watson | |||
| The Blacklist - Season 2 | James Spader | Raymond "Red" Reddington | "T. Earl King VI (No. 94)"(SO2E14) | 2013 - Present |
See Also
- Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.