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Semi-automatic Pistols

 Austria
Glock
Steyr GB
Steyr M
 Argentine
Ballester-Molina
Bersa Thunder
Bersa Thunder 380
 Belgium
FN Browning M1900
FN Browning M1903
FN Browning M1910 & M1922
FN Browning HP
FN Browning BDA380
FN Browning HP-DA / BDA9 / BDAO
FN Browning BDM
FN Five-seveN
FN Forty-Nine
FN FNP-9 / PRO-9
FN FNP-45
 Brazil
Taurus PT92 PT99 PT100 PT101
Taurus PT911 PT940 PT945
Taurus PT111 PT140 PT145
Taurus 24/7
 Bulgaria
Arcus 94 & 98DA
Arsenal P-M02 new
 PR China
Type 64 silenced
Type 67 silenced
Type 77
Type 80
Model 77B
QSZ-92
 CSSR/Czech Republic
CZ 50, CZ 70
CZ 52
CZ 82/83
CZ 75
CZ 85
CZ 97
CZ 100
CZ 110
CZ-G 2000
CZ-TT
 Canada
Para-Ordnance P14-45
 Croatia
IM Metal HS 2000
 Finland
Lahti L-35
 France
Mle. 1935A / 1935S
MAS mle. 1950
MAB PA-15
 Germany
Mauser C-96
Mauser 1910 14 34
Mauser HSc
Mauser M2
Luger 'Parabellum'
HK-4
HK VP 70
HK P7
HK P9s
HK P11 underwater
HK USP
HK Mk.23
HK P2000
HK P30
HK UCP
HK 45
Sauer 38H
Walther P38
Walther PP & PPK
Walther PP Super
Walther P5
Walther P88
Walther P99
Walther PPS
Korth
Korriphila HSP-701
 Germany/Switzerland
SIG-Sauer P220
SIG-Sauer P225
SIG-Sauer P226
SIG-Sauer P228 & P229
SIG-Sauer P239
SIG-Sauer P230 P232
SIG-Sauer SIG Pro
SIG-Sauer P245
SIG-Sauer P250
 Hungary
FEG P9M & FP9
FEG P9R
 Italy
Benelli B76
Beretta 81 82 84 85 86 87 89
Beretta 951
Beretta 92
Beretta 93R
Beretta 8000
Beretta 9000
Beretta PX4 Storm
Bernardelli P-018
Tanfoglio T95
Tanfoglio Force
 Israel
Jericho 941
Barak SP-21
Desert Eagle
Bul M5
Bul Cherokee
UZI pistol
 Japan
Namby Type 14
 Jordan
Viper JAWS
 Korea, North
Type 68
 Korea, South
Daewoo DP-51
 Mexico
Obregon
 Poland
VIS wz.35
P-64
P-83
 Russia/USSR
Korovin TK
Tokarev TT
Makarov PM/PMM
Stechkin APS
PSM
PB silenced
APB silenced
S4M silent
MSP silent
PSS silent
Serdyukov SPS/Gyurza/Vector
Yarygin PYa/Grach
GSh-18
OTs-27 "Berdysh"
OTs-33 "Pernach"
SPP-1 underwater
MP-446 "Viking"
MP-448 "Skyph"
P96 P96S P96M
 Slovakia
K100
 South Africa
Vektor SP1 & SP2
Vektor CP1
RAP-401, RAP-440
 Spain
Astra mod. 400 and 600
Astra A-80 A-90 A-100
Llama M-82
Star A, B, B Super, P
Star 30M
Star Ultrastar
Star Firestar
Star Megastar
 Sveden
Husqvarna M/40
 Switzerland
SIG P210
Sphinx 2000
Sphinx 3000
 Turkey
Zigana
Kanuni
Yavuz 16
 Ukraine
Fort 12
Fort 14
Fort 17
 USA
ASP
Browning BDM
Gyrojet
Colt Gov't / M1911
Colt SSP
Colt Double Eagle
Colt All American 2000
Colt SOCOM
S&W; Classic pistols
S&W; Sigma pistols
S&W; Military&Police;
Ruger P-series
Ruger SR9
Kahr K9
Desert Eagle
Bren Ten
Wildey
Goncz GA-9
Intratec DC-9
AMP Auto Mag
AMT Automag II-V
Coonan
LAR Grizzly
Kel-tec P-11
Kel-tec PF-9
Springfield XD
Boberg XR-9
FN FNP-45
 Serbia (Yugoslavia)
M57
M70
CZ-99
CZ-999
 Venezuela
Zamorana

Single Action Revolvers

 USA
Colt M1873 SAA
Ruger SA revolvers

Double Action Revolvers

 Belgium
Nagant m.1895
FN Barracuda
 PR China
9mm police
 France
Manurhin MR-73
 Germany
Korth
 Great Britain
Webley
Enfield No 2 Mk 1
 Russia
Nagant m.1895
IzMech MP-412
OTs-38 silent
 USA
S&W; small ( J ) frame
S&W; M&P; medium ( K ) frame
S&W; medium ( L ) frame
S&W; large ( N ) frame
Colt Detective Spl.
Colt Python
Colt Mk. III Trooper Lawman
Colt Mk. V, King Cobra, Anaconda
Ruger Security Six
Ruger GP 100
QSPR silent revolver

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copyright (c) 1999-2008
by Max R. Popenker
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Smith & Wesson N-frame revolvers (USA)


S&W; "New Century" or "Triple Lock" model of 1908, caliber .44 S&W; Special


S&W; M1917 - second model N-frame revolver, chambered for .45ACP


S&W; 38-44 "Heavy Duty" - a third model N-frame, caliber .38 High Velocity, father of the .357 magnums


S&W; model 27, classic N-frame revolver in .357 magnum


S&W; model 28 "Highway Patrolman". A budget version of the model 27, great police gun in .357 magnum


S&W; original .44 magnum revolver, later renamed into model 29


S&W; model 610 "Classic", stainless steel revolver in 10mm auto


S&W; 629 - stainless steel version of the Model 29


S&W; Performance Center model 627 ("factory custom" model) with 8-shots cylinder


S&W; Performance Center Model 25, a remake of the old revolver in the .45 Long Colt

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Type: Double Action
Chamber: .38/44, .357 magnum, .41 magnum, 10mm auto, .44 SW Special, .44 Rem Magnum, .45ACP, .45Auto Rim, .45LC
Weight unloaded: wary with model, usually 1 kg plus
Length: wary with model
Barrel length: 2 1/2 to 8 3/4 inches (64 to 222 millimeters)
Capacity: 6 rounds (also some versions of M627 - 7 and 8 rounds in .357magnum)

A Brief overwief of the history and the present of the S&W; "N" (large) frame revolvers
The N-frame revolvers are the biggest double action ones, that are manufactured by Smith & Wesson conpany. The history of the N-frames began in 1908, with the introduction of the New Century Hand Ejector revolver, chambered for then-new .44 S&W; Special cartridge. The gun, also known as a "Triple Lock" model, featured additional cylinder lock at the cylinder crane, plus two standart locks at the front and rear ends of the cylinder axis/ejector rod. Another feature was the enclosed ejector rod (underbarrel lug). The frame was bigger and heavier than the K-frame Hand Ejector, allowing to use larger caliber ammunition. The trigger action was similar to .38 caliber Hand Ejectors, as well as the sights.

In the 1915 the S&W; got rid off the Triple Lock feature, as a time-consuming and cost-adding. The underbarrel lug also was removed. After the beginning of the World War One, folowing the demand of the US Army in the sidearms, the S&W; rechambered its N-framed second model for US GI .45ACP cartridge. As the .45ACP was rimmles round, the gun should be loaded with ammunition in half-moon clips for proper case extraction. each clip can hold 3 rounds and also speed up loading. These guns were issued to US troops as S&W; Model of 1917 revolvers, along with the Colts (issued under the same designation of M1917).

In the mid-1920s came the third model of the N-frame, that brought back the underbarrel lug. In the 1929 S&W; developed new round, .38 High Velocity (.38HV) - a heated-up version of the .38 S&W; Special. Since this round was unsafe to fire in the K-framed M&P; revolvers, S&W; team rebarreled the N-framed revolver for .38-caliber (actually, .355in), and installed a heat-treated cylinder that could hold 6 rounds of either .38HV or .38Spl rounds. The gun was named 38/44 Heavy Duty (Model 20, since 1956). Similar model with ajustable sights was called the .38/44 Outdoorsman (model 22).

The development of the .38HV cartridge (also known as .38/44) and the Heavy Duty revolver led to the invention of the .357 magnum round - a lenghtened version of the .38HV. The only reason for case lenghtening was to avoid chambering hot amunition into guns that were not designed for such ammo. The first revolvers in the .357magnum by S&W; were similar to .38/44's, except for the longer cylinder. Since the 1956, this model received the designation Model 27. During 1980's, the Model 27 was replaced by its stainless steel version, model 627. Currently, model 627 is offered in limited numbers from S&W; Performance Shop, with standart 6 round cylinders or with "high capacity" 8 rounds unfluted cylinders. A "budget" version of the Model 27, model 28, originally known as "Highway Patrolman", was very popular police sidearm in the USA during the 1950's-60's. The Model 28 difered form the Model 27 mostly by having less "luxury" finish, while maitaining almost the same strenght, reliability and accuracy.

During 1920's-50's S&W; also developed some target models in .44spl, that differed from standart ones by having ajustable sights (post-1956 guns also known as Model 24's), and in 1950s S&W; introduced target revolvers chamvered in .45ACP, using same half-moon clips as M1917's. These models are known as Model 25's, and currently are in limited production by S&W; Performance Shop.

In the mid-1950s, folllowing the demand from the hunters and shooters in the more powerful cartridge/gun, S&W; and Remington developed the pair that for couple of decades became the most powerful handgun/cartridge combo in the world. namely, these were .44 remington Magnum cartridge and S&W; .44 Magnum revolver, later renamed in the model 29. Back in the 1980's the model 29 was replaced by its stainless steel version, the Model 629, that is still in production. Most common versions are model 629 standart with old-style, short underbarrel lugs, or 629 "Classic" models with full-lenght, heavier underbarrel lugs. All variant of the model 629 featured ajustable sights.

In the 1967, the S&W; and Remington decided to introducea gun/ammo combination that will fill the gap between .357mag and .44mag guns. The result was the .41 remington magnum cartridge and the S&W; Models 57 and 58 revolvers. Model 58 featured standart N-frame with fixed sights, and was intended for police and state troopers use. Model 57 featured fixed sights. However, these guns did not catch the market well, mostly because these were still too powerful (with too big recoil and muzzle blast) for many law officers. The stainless steel of the model 57, the Model 657, is still being manufactured by S&W.;

With the introduction of the new, powerful pistol cartridge, 10 mm auto, S&W; began to manufacture the Model 610 - 6-round revolver, that should be loaded with ammunition in full- or half-moon clips. As with other 6xx serties revolvers, Model 610 featured stainless steel construction and ajustable sights.


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