![]() It too was made only in a wadcutter loading. 357 Magnum and the revolver(s) for it had a special cylinder. 32 S&W Long and was loaded only with a flush seated wadcutter bullet. ![]() 32-44 had a larger and longer case than the. 38-44 were made up for Ira Paine, the famous marksman. The Safety Model (the "lemon squeezer") was very popular with plain clothes police, which is probably why it was continued in the line so long. 38 Safety was made up to 1940, when S&W devoted just about all their production to the British contract. The Perfected was the last designed of the S&W break tops, but the. 3 was made in the most number of calibers of (I think) any S&W revolver, then or since. 38 Safety Hammerless until 1940 but it was the old design. 38 Perfected Model, the one with top latch and thumb latch like a hand ejector's cylinder latch both of which had to be operated to open the gun. 38-40s are just plain rare only 74 single action, 276 double action. ![]() ![]() 44 Russian 2072 single action, 15340 double action. And that collector is deceased and I can't ask him. I don't know if they were still in manufacture then or were being assembled from parts on hand. The Blue Book gives 1913 for the large double action top-breaks. A major S&W collector here once told me they were just assembling from parts, that all frames were made before 1898 and therefore all No 3 New Model single action top-breaks are antiques. S&W was turning out the big No 3 New Model top-breaks until 1912. ![]()
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