Smith & Wesson makes many thousands of guns every year and has made many millions of them since the first partnership of Horace Smith & D.B. Wesson in 1852. The one gun that has been the most prolific for them is the Military & Police Model revolver, which remains in the catalog as the Model 10. Although it has been in continuous production since 1899, the recent centennial of this grand old gun passed with relatively little fanfare. When the company first offered the old warrior, it was the first use of the K frame as well as the launching platform for the .38 Special cartridge. Dozens of other models have been built on the same foundation in the intervening years. The .38 Spl.—111 years after its introduction—is not only alive, but also the most popular cartridge for personal defense in revolvers. The gun itself was the answer to a great many questions. It was the most widely issued police service revolver of all time and civilians have used the gun for a variety of purposes. And I vividly recall seeing aging World War II M&Ps in the shoulder holsters of nearly every Marine aviator I ever ran into.
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