Hand Ejector at 130
On this day in 1894, Mr. Daniel Baird Wesson received U.S. Patent 517,152 for the “swing-out” style of cylinder still seen in all modern Smith & Wesson revolvers.
The company’s first production wheel gun to utilize the patent was the .32 Hand Ejector, 1st Model in 1896, the first Smith that wasn’t in the company’s until then traditional hinged “top-break” design.
A Double Action/Single Action, the Model 1896 was built on the entirely new I-Frame, chambered .32 S&W Long.
If you’ve ever handled an S&W made in the past 130 years, you are well aware of Patent 517,152.
