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The 1935 revolver that started the magnum handgun era

In 1935, a revolver arrived with the sort of name that sounded less like a factory model and more like a certificate on heavy paper: the Registered Magnum. That impression was intentional. Smith & ...
In 1935, Smith & Wesson introduced a revolver that did more than add a new chambering to the catalog. The Registered Magnum created a template for the high-performance double-action revolver, and it ...