ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors have found helpful information in the books and publications mentioned throughout this book. They are recommended highly to those who would learn more.

The contributions of a large number of Smith & Wesson collectors and enthusiasts to all editions of this book cannot be overstated. We are indebted to them for their generosity in sharing their knowledge, observations, and experiences. Many are listed below; for those who were inadvertently omitted, our apologies.

Special thanks are due to the Smith and Wesson factory, the membership of the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association and its online webgroup, S&W Factory Historian and SWCA Chairman Roy Jinks, and the Smith-WessonForum.com online members.

In addition to Mr. Jinks, other authors and researchers whose work has added greatly to the knowledge of S&W products and history include Robert Neal, Charles Pate, and David Chicoine. All have been generous in their assistance and encouragement.

Each edition of this book has had individuals who stepped forward and took on exceptionally large roles in its production. These include:

THIRD EDITION

We’re delighted to present the 3rd Edition in full color. You will notice many photos attributed to firearms photographic specialist extraordinaire, Paul Goodwin. If you see one of Paul’s photos in this book that is less than pristine, you can be sure that is only because of the authors’ cropping, compiling and editing of his work for illustration purposes or space limitations. We appreciate his always top-drawer work and hope we did not chop it up too badly.

A number of S&W collectors and experts tackled new sections of the 3rd Edition, or extensive revisions of previous sections. Our thanks to Richard McMillian for his edit of the Autoloader section, Ray Cheely for the Registered Magnum section, James King II for his untiring research on S&W grips of every kind, Pete Roberts for the Buckles section, Bob Radaker for the .44 Mag section, John Watts for the 1st Partnership and lever action pistol section, Dave Ballantyne and Dick Burg for the boxes and accessories sections, Bill Edmiston for knife values and R.M. Vivas for the section on NY-1 revolvers. The authors compiled and revised these sections to incorporate them into the book, and if errors are noted, you can again safely assume they are the authors’ and not the contributor’s.

A number of kind folks made especially extensive and ongoing contributions to the 3d Edition. In addition to those listed above, these include Ed Cornett, Lyle Larkworthy, David Carroll, Eric Archer, Tom Horwedel, Dave Nowak, Bill Cross, John Field, John Crawford, Bill Patteson, Charlie Flick and J. Glenn Tracey.

SECOND EDITION

John Crawford, David Kosowski, and Bill Powell were exceptionally generous in checking and correcting large portions of the book.

FIRST EDITION

John Demuth; Jon Maxwell, collector and tireless note taker, for his contribution of collector information on the automatic pistols; Gary Skeet and Martha Skeet; Clarence Rinke (deceased) for the knife section; Paul Piquette for the engraving section; Danny Woo (deceased), armorer, and his family, for his comments and assistance in the first proofreading.

CONTRIBUTORS

For their special significant contributions to this or previous editions, we would like to offer our sincere thanks to the following individuals. We are sure we have regrettably omitted some folks who gave valuable input, and to them we offer our sincere apologies.

• Massad Ayoob, Bill Anderson, John Appleton of “The Gun Shop”

• Travis Barrett of Green Top, Steven Beatty, M/Sgt C.H. Benjamin (USAF Ret. dec.), Bob Bettis, Roger Bishop (dec.), Jerry Blanchard, Jerry Boss, Larry Bradway of S&W Customer Service Center, Ray Brazille, Tom Brown, Dick Burg

• Tommy Campbell, Harrison Carroll, Dominick Casciano, Tom Cason, Bill Cross, Donald Cassavant of Cassavants Gunshop, Ray & Sheryl Cheely, Ken Cheely, Mark Calzaretta, David Chicoine, Mike Clark of Collectors Firearms, Houston, Jerry Cochran of Trader Jerrys, Will Cordes, Edward F. Cornett, John C. Cox, Bob Coyle, John A. Crawford, Ph.D., Patrick Combs

• Diamond B Guns, Carlos Davila, Colin Dobson, Peter DeRose, Ed Draper, Charles Duffy,

• Mike Eagan, Bill Edmiston

• Bob Frost, David Feeney, Frank Frey, Charlie Flick, Cort Flint, Jerry Fountain, Jim Fisher, John Fisher

• John Gangel of Little John’s Auction, the late Gary Garbrecht, Blair Gluba, Larry Gaertner, Jim & Janice Graham, Joe Green

• Rick Hawes, Max Hayward, Carl Heinrich, Horst Held, Jon Heminger, David Hemmeter, Don Henry, Bernie Hill, Pat Hogan of Rock Island Auction, Larry House, Wayne Hazelrigg, H. W. “Choc” Hodges, Larry Hooten, J.M. Horn, Mike Horton of Lew Horton Dist., Joe Hopkins of Green Top, Tom Horwedel

• John Irwin

• Lloyd Jackson, Randy Jaquith, Lee Jarrett, S&W Factory Historian Roy G. Jinks, Paul Johnson, Jennifer Johnston, Ken Jorgensen

• Stephen Kelly, Tom Kelly of The S&W Performance Center, Alan S. Kinckiner, James G. King II, Jerry Klaz, Christopher Killoy, Ted Kayton, Gary Keathley, Dick Kolesar, Mike Kolozvary (“TSW Mike”) of S&W, David Kosowski

• Michael LaPlante, Lyle Larkworthy, Tim Larson, John D. Lawor, David Leestma, Howard Levin, Karl Leonhardt, Hal Leahy, George Linne, Lester Limerick (FBI retired, dec.), Bob Lockett of The 2nd Amendment Gun Shop, George Luttrell, Ernie Lyles of Gilbert Small Arms Range, Inc. and all the part-time Lunchtime Bunch

• William Maier, Rob Mattson, Mike Maher, Greg Martin of Butterfield & Butterfield, Many McNeil, Shawn McCarver, Jon Maxwell, Hugh & Karlyn May, Randy Mallick, J.B. Maszk (dec.), Sam Mason, John McCabe, Harrison McConnell II, Don McTiernan, Hank Means, Connell Miller, Joe Miller, Bill Molnar of The Gun Room, Geoff Moore, M. Don Mundell

• Randall Newlin, Robert Neal, Larry Niemczyk Jr., Wayne F. Novak of Novak Sights, Dave Nowak

• Chuck Odom, Mr. Bill Orr of GT Dist.

• Steven J. Parker, Andrew J. Park, Charlie Pate, David Penn, Paul Piquette-Master Engraver, Luther W.(Bill) Patteson, Bruce Perkins, Mike Pierson, Darrel Pocock, Mike Priwer, William R. Powell

• Bob Radaker, Jim Rae of the S&W Performance Center, Salvatore Raimondi, Clarence Rinke (dec.), Walter V. Roberts, John Roemer, Tim Roshetko, Charles Rozelle, Steven T. Rutledge, Lev Ryzhkov

• Jim Sebring, Christian Schmidt, Rebecca Scrivner of S&W, Liz & Chick (dec.) Shuter, Robert W. Simms, Irling Smith (dec.), Lt. Col. Jackie Smith, Martin Smith, Michael S. Smith, Craig Spegel, Mike Stuckslager (dec.), Gary Skeet, Mike Sponseller, Chuck Stellmacher, Phyllis Settembro of S&W Customer Service, David Supica, Jamie Supica, Walter Swanson

• Bruce Thompson, Michael Tait, Dan Tanko, John Torgan, John Treakle, Ralph Tremaine, Richard Tate, Dave & Matthew Teeters, J. Glenn Tracey, Bill Turnbull, Tommy and Dave of Tommy’s Books

• Mike Vancil, William Vanderpool (FBI, ret.), Robert Vivas, Bob Voliva, Joe Vore

• John Wallace (FBI, ret.), Ken Walters, Robert Webb (dec.), George Wimer, Jeff Whitehouse of S&W Customer Support, Robert Wos, Mike Wozniak, Maury Wright

• Joe Zielinski

• Folks who contributed to the 3rd Edition through Smith-WessonForum.com: parabellum, rburg, opoefc, vintagesmith, Geoff M24, RM Vivas, DWFAN, 1006TSW, 5Wire, CAJUNLAWYER, Thuer, 41collector, larkworthy, Doc44, DC7, sabre, merln2, Geezer, dghuppert, Lee Maher, Checkman, ohiococonut, Onomea, DHENRY, RonJon, Pistol Toter, CelticSire, geoff 40, HOUSTON RICK, SWSC, 45wheelgun, merlindrb, Rich S, Vermont boy, mesabi, Smithfan, Dave, 2000Z-71, Richard, Lee-Jr, SIG229fan, trf, perpster, Andy Griffith, handejector, MeAmMe, .357magger, toroflow1, KurtC, Joni_Lynn, RedCardinal, cxm, jframe, Tin, cporfe, JOliver, Joe W, Johnny J. Frame, Farmboy, JNewell, godfather1209, Modelof1891, Loaded_For_Bear, 18DAI, DB, oldflatfoot, 624 Fan, gkitch, BADSBSNF811, rickjames629, Hawgleg44, cousinelmer1, Jebus35745, 82boy, BluesBear, cgt4570, GLL, Harryo, hsguy, JDLSALES, tjpopkin, TOM BECKWITH, clipper1, bighornhunter, Mustang51, samoyed, musicmanbass, Michael Stern, merln2, 18DAI, BloodyThumb, jimmy, RonJ, jtward01, ted1trading, kdm2, S&WIowegan, Bill A, Tijeras_Slim, Timb1, Kobold_27, ogso, Babalooie, lonewolf and smith1961

PRICING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, THIRD EDITION

• Special thanks to John Field, Bob Frost, and Gary Grace.

• 3rd Edition Midnight Pricing Panels: Dave Nowak, John Maxwell, Lyle Larkworthy, Ed Cornett, Tom Horwedel, Richard McMillan, Ron Curtis, Tom Lindner, Bruce Maher, Connell Miller, Mark Connot, The Woz, Jack Maedel, Larry Gaertner, Larry Slaten

CONTRIBUTING FIRMS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS

Our sincere thanks to the following firms, organizations, and institutions:

• Smith & Wesson, Springfield, MA

• The Smith & Wesson Collectors Association

• Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC

• The Springfield Armory Museum, Springfield, MA, especially Steven Beatty, John McCabe, and Don McTiernan, for their contributions on military handguns

• The National Archives, Washington, DC

• The National Rifle Association

• The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, MA

• Smith-WessonForum.com, moderated by Mike Packwood

• The SWCA online forum, moderated by Michael Speers

• S&W Collectors online group, moderated by Joe Miller

• The Ohio Gun Collectors

• Virginia Gun Collectors Association, for their collective comments and continued support among the vast sea of varied arms and arms collectors.

• Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association

• Lew Horton Distributing Co., Inc., Westboro, MA

• Clark Brothers, Warrenton, VA

• Professional Armaments, Inc., Murray, UT

• Gilbert-Small Arms Range, Inc., Lorton VA

• Green Top Sporting Goods, Richmond, VA