Smith & Wesson introduced its K-frame .38 Military & Police (M&P) revolver in 1899 ... The first to wear the Model 10 name came out of the factory in June 1957. It’s still built on that ...

As America’s domestic police agencies ... to-late 1980s, Smith & Wesson was itself first and foremost a revolver-maker. S&W ...

What You Need to Know: The Smith & Wesson Model 39, inspired by the German Walther P-38, became the first American nine-millimeter pistol used by U.S. Navy SEALs during the Vietnam War.