Posted May 24, 2019 8:00 pm by Comments

By David LaPell

Smith & Wesson's New Departure Safety Hammerless: A Gun Ahead of its Time
Smith & Wesson’s New Departure Safety Hammerless: A Gun Ahead of its Time

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- There have been some handguns over time that have been considered legendary by their design, the Colt Single Action Army, the 1911 Government Model, the Glock, and then there are those that have come and gone without much notice even though they were innovative and ahead of their time. One such gun was the Smith & Wesson New Departure Safety Hammerless revolver.

One has to trace the Smith & Wesson’s New Departure line of revolvers back almost to their first design, the Number 1, which was the first cartridge firing revolver. While Colt was still building their black powder guns like the 1860 Army and looking ahead to when the patent on the bored through a cylinder, held by Smith & Wesson, that company was taking advantage of the patent. The Number 1 which was only in .22 and somewhat underpowered for a personal defense gun still proved to be very popular. One of the features was that to unload the revolver the barrel tipped up from the frame exposing the cylinder and allowing the empty cartridges to be dumped out although …Read the Rest

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