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Any great S&W long guns prior to 1960?
When I think great long guns prior to 1960 I think, Winchester, Ithaca, Savage and Remington.
Any great vintage S&W long guns out there?
If not, why not?
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The Revolving Rifle and the Wesson shotgun.
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I wouldn't call either the revolving rifle or the Wesson shotgun great guns, unless you are talking from a collector standpoint. Both were low production failures and probably lost S&W and Wesson Arms a lot of money.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skeetr57
I wouldn't call either the revolving rifle or the Wesson shotgun great guns, unless you are talking from a collector standpoint. Both were low production failures and probably lost S&W and Wesson Arms a lot of money.
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Look again. The Wesson shotgun was a high grade gun for it's day, which is one reason it's production numbers were low. The Revolving Rifle was a success, again, production was low because of cost. The Winchester was a design of Smith & Wesson's so in a way they made a great rifle.
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The Wesson shotgun sold less than 250 copies, and most of them I have seen don't even have the makers name on them. The design was poor from a strength standpoint compared to contemporary shotguns, and the only thing it had going for it was the lockwork, which was taken pretty much from the S&W revolvers. The basic toggle action of the early Winchester rifles was pretty much the same as the S&W/Volcanic design, but required the work of B. Tyler Henry on a cartridge to make it successful, and then complete redesign by John M Browning to make it really successful.
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Your points are well taken. But, if I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.
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The Smith & Wesson rifles, made by Husqvarna late 50"s to late 80's
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