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locusmag.bsky.social
#OldGuns by #NicholasSansburySmith and #JNChaney is featured in Thursday's #newbooks haul on youtube!

watch the full video: youtu.be/7_YluHPX1JQ
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all links in bio!

#booksky
March 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Everything is right about this @Smith_WessonInc .44 Hand Ejector from 1940. The target sights, the custom Kearsarge grips, and that snub-ish barrel.

What are you shooting this weekend?

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonforum #44sw #44special #pewpew #rangetime #oldgun #oldguns
November 24, 2024 at 12:53 AM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Makarov problem solved. I put the word out and a friend of a friend let me know that he'd do a deal with me on this 1964 vintage East German "Pistolet Makarova"—complete with a period holster and extra magazine.

#makarov #makarovpm #9makarov #commiegun #oldguns #oldguncollecting #oldgun #oldguns
October 25, 2023 at 1:33 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Well, happy 168th birthday, Smith & Wesson! It's been a privilege to know you, and I look forward to many more.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #22rimfire #pewpew #antiquegun #antiqueguns #oldgun #oldguns #vintageammo
November 19, 2024 at 12:27 AM
linda-howes77.bsky.social
Photo Available here linda-howes.pixels.com/featured/col...

#wallartforsale #wallart #gifts #handgun #ColtRevolver #ColtHandgun #VintageColtRevolver #AntiqueColtHandgun #Colt1885PercussionRevolver #SerialNo4460 #OldGuns #VintageGuns #firearm #ColtHandguns #giftideas
July 7, 2026 at 12:52 AM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #doubleaction #oldrevolver #oldrevolvers #oldgun #oldguns #32sw #pewpew
June 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
linda-howes77.bsky.social
Available here linda-howes.pixels.com/featured/jes...

#wallartforsale #wallart #gifts #giftideas #JesseJamesPistol #44HopkinsandAllenPistol1883 #HopkinsAndAllenPistols #VintagePistols #OldGuns #Cowboys #outlaw #weapon #firearm #VintageGuns #historicgun #homedecor
July 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
In 1857, @smithandwessoninc made four revolvers. This is the only known survivor from that year.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #history #historyoftechnology #22rimfire #pewpew #oldgun #oldguns #antiquegun #antiqueguns #model1 #modelone #prototype
September 26, 2024 at 4:02 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
(4/4)

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #22lr #targetshooting #oldgun #oldguns #oldpistol #oldpistols #pewpew #rangeday
January 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
In 1876, Smith & Wesson released the .32 Single Action, which was meant to take the place of the aging Model 1 revolver.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #32sw #singleaction #antiquegun #antiqueguns #oldgun #oldguns #pewpew
September 28, 2024 at 10:13 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Worked out a great deal with @gretnagunworks yesterday for this Jim Clark "Long Heavy Slide .45" @coltfirearms 1911 Government Series 70. Thanks guys!

#clarkcustom1911 #45acp #godscaliber #colt1911 #series70 #oldguns #oldguncollecting #rangedays
October 22, 2023 at 10:00 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
A few 1sts for the 1st.

My research focuses on the Smith & Wesson Model 1. Here are six examples from 1857 to 1860. All in the old .22 black powder rimfire round.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #rimfire #22rimfire #oldgun #antiquegun #oldguns #antiqueguns #revolver #revolvers
January 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
The Smith & Wesson Model 2 "Old Army" was curiously named, as it was never officially adopted by the military. This one dates to 1862 and saw hard use.

smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #model2 #32rimfire #antiquegun #antiqueguns #oldgun #oldguns #antiquerevolver #antiquerevolvers
May 31, 2024 at 11:21 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Today's mission: learn about Enfield revolvers, about which I know just about nothing.

I took a chance on this 1931-dated Webley today, and I suspect that it has a lot to teach me about Commonwealth interwar gunmaking.

#webley #webleyrevolver #38sw #oldguns #ww2guns #pewpew #rangetime
March 16, 2024 at 11:51 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
It's easy to write a hagiography on the Smith & Wesson Registered Magnum revolver.

This particular example left the factory on February 21, 1936, and was shipped to Von Lengerke & Antoine in Chicago.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #registeredmagnum #357magnum #nframe #oldguns
March 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
This revolver is known as the Smith & Wesson .38 Single Action, but it is more affectionately known to collectors as the "Baby Russian." It was chambered in .38 S&W.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #38sw #oldguns #antiqueguns #oldrevolver #antiquerevolver
February 14, 2024 at 11:55 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
In 1902, the US Navy ordered a thousand Smith & Wesson .38 M&P revolvers. Here's one of them! Chambered in .38 Long Colt.

#SmithWesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #navy #NavyStrong #revolver #38longcolt #38military #oldrevolvers #oldguns #navyrevolver
June 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Look closely at the engraving on this Smith & Wesson Model 1 from 1862. What do you see?

The engraver's art was one of secret worlds.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #smithmodel1 #22rimfire #engraved #engraving #engravedgun #antiquerevolvers #antiqueguns #oldguns #oldrevolvers
May 10, 2024 at 1:05 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
This square-butted Smith & Wesson .38 Military & Police was one of two identical revolvers that shipped on March 28, 1947 to Forbes Hardware in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #38special #revolver #revolvers #singleaction #DoubleAction #oldguns #oldgun
August 14, 2024 at 8:40 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
For the belt-and-suspenders kind of man is this S&W .38 Double Action "Perfected." These were made from about 1909 to 1920 and chambered in .38 S&W.

#wheelgunwednesday #smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #oldgun #oldguns #oldguncollecting #breakaction #38sw
November 8, 2023 at 7:48 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
... this gun's heft could do double duty as a sledgehammer. It was sold in the late 1860s and early 1870s.

Some of the distributors gave these guns curious names, with this gun nicknamed the "Bulldozer."

#antiqueguns #44rimfire #oldgun #oldguns #antiques
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
This pistol was made by Stephen Odell of Natchez, Mississippi. He was born in New York and setup shop in Mississippi in the early 1840s.

#oldgun #oldguns #antiquegun #antiqueguns #natchez #natchezms #natchezmississippi #oldguncollecting #antiqueguncollecting #muzzleloader #percussioncap
November 7, 2023 at 10:54 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Smith & Wesson released the .32 Safety Hammerless revolver in 1888. It was chambered in the diminutive .32 S&W centerfire cartridge.

Despite the name it *did* have a (concealed) hammer.

smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #32sw #rangetime #oldguns #antiqueguns #oldrevolvers
May 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Here's a Nagant M1895 Revolver from 1944.

Made from an alloy of recycled mediocrity and communist filth, it's best used to fill the air with the acrid stench of burning socialism.

#nagant #m1895 #oldguns #communism #tulaarms #soviet #sovietunion #russiangun #russianguns #sovietguns #762x38r
October 10, 2023 at 10:24 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
This Spanish-made Astra 400 is quickly becoming one of the sleepers in my growing vintage European pistol collection.

The grip angle of this 86 year old example is just about perfect for my natural point of aim.

astra #astra400 #9mmammo #9mmlargo #oldguns #spanishguns #pewpew
February 19, 2024 at 10:36 PM