Smith & Wesson Model 40

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Smith & Wesson Model 40 "Centennial" with grip safety - 38 Special

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Smith & Wesson Model 40 Nickel - .38 Special

Characteristics

Prior to Smith & Wesson's switch to the current numerical naming system in 1957, the Model 40 was known as the Centennial as it was introduced the same year that Smith & Wesson was celebrating it's 100th birthday. Initially marketed as a more advanced version of the famous S&W Safety Hammerless "Lemon Squeezer", the Model 40 featured a grip safety which could be pinned down. It was also available in an Airweight aluminium framed version known as the Model 42, but due to the fact that at this stage Smith & Wesson did not write "Airweight" on the frame of these pistols, differentiating it from the steel framed Model 40 is very difficult. Due to popular demand a pistol based on the Centennial, except it omitted the grip safety and was made from stainless steel, was released in 1990 and called the Model 640.

Specifications

(1952 - 1974)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber(s): .38 Special

• Weight: 1.19 lb (0.54 kg)

• Length: 6.5 in (16.5 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 2 in (5.08 cm)

• Capacity: 5-round Cylinder

• Fire Modes: DAO

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The Smith & Wesson Model 40 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
The Eiger Sanction	Clint Eastwood	Dr. John Hemlock		1975
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Estelle Getty	Tutti Bomowski		1992
Pulp Fiction	Amanda Plummer	Honey Bunny		1994
Scream 3	Neve Campbell	Sidney		2000
Equilibrium	Christian Bale	Cleric John Preston		2002

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Avengers/"The Thirteenth Hole" (S04E18)				1961-1969
Starsky and Hutch	David Soul	Hutch		1975-1979
The Professionals		A female terrorist		1977-1981
'Miami Vice - Season 1	William Russ	Evan		1984-1985