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Smith & Wesson First Model .44 Hand Ejector .455 Eley  

Triple-Lock

6 1/2" pinned barrel with shrouded ejector rod. Round blade fixed front

sight. 5-Screw frame. Checkered diamond walnut grips with deep-set

medallions. "N" frame with square butt and lanyard loop. Distinctive third

lock at the yoke---giving the revolver its name. Bearing British broad arrow

government ownership mark, His Majesty's crown, Enfield inspector's mark

and crossed-pennant military proofmark. Also, later "Sold out of service"

opposing broad arrow marks appear on frame. Built ca 1911. Excellent bore.

99%blue.

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Smith & Wesson Custom Engraved .44 S&W Special  

First Model .44 Hand Ejector Triple Lock

7 1/2" pinned barrel with fixed sights. Five screw. Square butt with smooth

white grips. Custom fine scroll engraved by Jerome C. Glimm and with

extensive gold-inlaid borderline work. Appears new and unfired since

engraving. Casecolored trigger & hammer. Originally manufactured in 1908.

Engraved in 1989. New condition, as engraved. Excellent mechanical

condition. Excellent bore. With copy of FEGA Hallmark Certificate and

invoice from Harrison Carroll dated 1992.

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Smith & Wesson First Model .44 Hand Ejector .44 S&W Special  

Triple Lock Target

6 1/2" pinned, tapered round barrel with pinned blade front sight and

adjustable notch rear sight. Checkered casehardened hammer. Smooth

casehardened trigger. Checkered cylinder release. Checkered diamond square-

butt walnut grips with inset gold S&W medallions. 5-screw frame with

smooth gripstraps and lanyard loop. Matching numbers. Mfd 1914.

Exceptional condition both cosmetically and mechanically, retaining 99%

original blue and with excellent bore. Provenance: From the William H D

Goddard collection.

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Smith & Wesson First Model .44 Hand Ejector .44 S&W Special  

Triple Lock Target

6 1/2" pinned, tapered round barrel with Marbles/Sheard pinned bead front

sight and adjustable notch rear sight. Checkered casehardened hammer.

Smooth casehardened trigger. Checkered cylinder release. Checkered

diamond square-butt walnut grips with inset gold S&W medallions. 5-screw

frame with smooth gripstraps. Matching numbers. Mfd 1910.

Exceptional condition both cosmetically and mechanically, retaining

99% original blue and with excellent bore.

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Smith & Wesson First Model .44 Hand Ejector .44 S&W Special  

Triple Lock

6 1/2" round barrel. Fixed sights and with integral front sight blade.

Checkered diamond walnut grips with deep-set medallions. Square butt. 5-

screw frame. Checkered hammer, checkered cylinder latch and smooth

trigger. Smooth gripstraps. Casehardened hammer and trigger. All matching

numbers. 99%+blue and appears unfired.

 

Manufactured from 1907 to 1915 within serial number range 1 to 15,375, the Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector First Model Triple-Lock revolvers. Also known as New Century; Model of 1908.  For Smith & Wesson, this model was more an expression of the ultimate in precision machine work than as a mere necessity for strength and function.

 

Left Arrow: D

 

Right Arrow: D Left Arrow: C Left Arrow: B

Pushing the cylinder-release-latch forward pushes a rod within the cylinder pin forward (A), which pushes a pin at the front of the barrel lug recess forward (B), which draws another rod connected to it within the barrel lug forward (C), which disengages from its casehardened receptacle in the front face of the crane (D)---the third lock.

The Triple-Lock was Smith & Wesson's first N-Frame revolver and their first revolver with a swing-out cylinder. It has been such a durable design, it is used in this frame size to this day even for the maker's most powerful .44 Magnum handguns.

Three original S&W triple lock variants are recognized: commercial fixed sight, military service (WWI British Commonwealth service), and the very rare Target model. All are represented in this small collection, and all are in remarkable condition; after a century, the commercial fixed sight model remains unfired. The collection includes two target models both in 99%+ condition.

In my opinion the S&W triple lock was the finest revolver ever commercially produced in the U.S. It was designed and built precisely at the intersection of the two curves of advancing technology and declining hand-craftsmanship; at the very acme of the combination of modern metallurgy, revolver design and affordable hand finishing. Of the 15,375 produced, few have survived in anything like original condition; the military contract sale revolvers having seen particularly hard service.

 

 

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