“Tag: Performance”

Building on Smith & Wesson’s M&P C.O.R.E. (Competition Optics Ready Equipment) series, the gun maker’s famed Performance Center has engineered new models primarily to meet the needs of competitive shooters.

Watch this American Rifleman TV preview as the staff visits the Smith & Wesson Performance Center in Springfield, Mass.

Get a closer look at the S&W Performance Center 460XVR with American Rifleman’s Christopher Olsen.

Less than eight years since its release, more than a million Smith & Wesson M&P Shields have made their way to market.

The new Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P45 Shield pistol is now offered with factory-ported barrels and slides.

Developed from the larger .44-40 Winchester Center Fire, the .38-40 WCF was introduced in the late 19th century as a lighter-recoiling alternative for lever-action rifles and revolvers.

Spurred by the need for a more powerful cartridge from the experiences of the Moro Rebellion in the Philippines, the .45 ACP has enjoyed extensive popularity in both military and commercial circles for more than a century.

Inside Smith & Wesson's factory, there's actually another factory! Here's an inside look at S&W's Performance Center, where production guns are tuned to fit specific needs.

Joe Kurtenbach examines a tuned and enhanced M&P9 Shield from the Smith & Wesson Performance Center.