Smith & Wesson

Smith & Wesson is one of the world's most recognizable brands, and for good reason. Since they first opened their doors, they have focused on designing and manufacturing innovative solutions that are unparalleled in the field of personal safety and protection.

Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson came from old New England families. Horace learned the firearms trade while working at the National Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Daniel’s experience came from apprenticing with his brother Edwin Wesson, the leading maker of target rifles and pistols in the 1840s.

In 1852, they formed a company to produce a lever-action pistol nicknamed the Volcanic pistol. The company became known as the "Volcanic Repeating Arms Company"; financial difficulties cause it to come into the majority ownership of investor Oliver Winchester

In 1856, the partners left the Volcanic Company to begin a new company and to manufacture a newly-designed revolver-and-cartridge combination. The timing of the founding of this new company proved quite opportune for the partners, since the onset of the American Civil War five years later produced a great demand for Smith & Wesson's products.

Now Smith & Wesson markets gun accessories, handcuffs, safes, apparel, collectibles, knives, tools, toys, and a myriad of other products under its brand name, including cologne and handbags.

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