In 1950, S&W introduced the 1950 Target in both. I don’t believe the Third Model, or 1926 Model, was ever offered in. The same can be said of the Second Model Hand Ejector, which lasted from 1915 to 1941. 45 Colt and are quite valuable collectors’ items today. During the eight years this First Model Hand Ejector, or Triple-Lock was manufactured, very few were chambered in. When S&W introduced their first large-framed, swing-out cylindered sixgun in late 1907, it was chambered in the new. Unlike the SAA, it has never returned - a tremendous loss for sixgunners. In 1940, the New Service suffered the same fate as the SAA when it was dropped from production. 45 Colt New Service was a standard sidearm of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and some U.S. This was a large-framed sixgun with the grip frame made for those with large hands. They were used by the military, especially by officers in the Philippines and Alaska, and they were often fitted with a larger than normal trigger guard to allow use with a gloved hand.Īpproximately 20 years after the introduction of the Model 1878, Colt brought forth their first swing-out cylindered DA. Shooters who felt they needed to shoot faster without having to cock the hammer bypassed the SA for the Model 1878. 41 to keep it from rolling in the hand as the SA grip was designed to do.įor fast work with a DA, one needs a grip that will stay in the same hand position from shot to shot. The Model 1878 loads and unloads the same way as the SAA, that is, with a loading gate and an ejector rod, however, the grip frame was designed along the lines of the Lightning. The latter is basically an SAA fitted with a DA mechanism and a different grip. 45 Colt sixgun with the Single Action Army in 1873, but they also followed five years later with the.
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