founded in 1856
Connecticut, Massachusetts

• Smith and Wesson both worked at the National Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts
• 1852 Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson founded
  – the (1st) Smith & Wesson Company in Norwich, Connecticut
  – 1855 renamed Volcanic Repeating Arms
  – purchased by Oliver Winchester
  – Wesson stayed as plant manager with Volcanic Repeating Arms for 8 months
  – April 1857 renamed New Haven Arms Company
  – 1866 renamed Winchester Repeating Arms Company

• 1856  Samuel Colt’s patent on the revolver expired
• 1856 Smith & Wesson Revolver Company
  – founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson
  – in Springfield, Massachusetts
• 1899 Model 10
• January 4, 2007, Thompson/Center was purchased by Smith & Wesson

Smith & Wesson
2100 Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield, MA 01104

1-800-331-0852

smith-wesson.com