While nice little guns, these ‘kit guns’ lacked the stability and accuracy of larger target-grade revolvers. 22 caliber revolvers on the diminutive I frame. In short, those who knew wanted a Model 41.Note the vintage Rogers grips on this K 22 revolver.
But the Smith had the benefit of being a more up-to-date design and further, the Model 41 could outshoot almost all of them right out of the box. Hi-Standard target guns were between designs and the Third Series Colt Woodsman, while similarly priced. They were more expensive than Smith’s 22LR revolvers and they also could not compete pricewise with the Ruger Standard pistols on the market. Historyįor 20 years, the Smith 41 held a special place in the hearts of gentlemen backyard plinkers and competition shooters alike. Pricey then as now, but the public was ok with that because they worked and nothing else on the market could really compare. Retail was $93, which is about $750 in today’s money.
Introduced in a two models, the very nice Model 41 Auto Match and its plain-Jane twin the Model 46 Auto Target hit the market in tandem starting in 1957. In short, the gun had just about everything you could want at the time in a modern, competition-grade. A fat, 3/8-inch wide grooved trigger with a sharp break and an adjustable stop cut back on the demon that is trigger slap.
Its oversized checkered walnut grips had a grooved thumb rest to give it a solid and immediate feel to the pistol.Ĭurrent Model 41 offered by Smith & Wesson.Ī single-stack 10-shot magazine scarcely affected the weight of the gun, but fed reliably. With a 7 3/8-inch barrel that was complete with a removable muzzle break and a 43.5-ounce total weight. Finished in Smith’s signature bright blue finish, these handsome guns were double-action semi-autos with a slab-sided slide.īuilt for accuracy, the gun came right from the factory with a fully adjustable micrometer click target rear sight and a 1/8th inch undercut Partridge-type front sight. The gun, even though designed for the humble low-pressure. Among these new designs was the 1957-vintage Model 41, destined to compete for the 22-rimfire trade. New Smith president, Carl “Swede” Hellstrom, pushed a number of innovative semi-auto handgun designs including the Model 39, which became the first US-made 9mm and was the grandfather of the ‘wonder nine’. During the war, they tried to produce an interesting, but failed submachine gun for the military but, true to their past, primarily cranked out. The company had been stuck on revolvers for most of their 100-year reign. Some of the many Smith and Wesson wheel guns.Īfter World War 2, S&W was looking to move boldly forward into a new age.
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