Smith & Wesson Factory (Springfield, Massachusetts)

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2100 Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield, MA 01104

Smith & Wesson NASDAQ: SWHC is the largest manufacturer of handguns in the United States. Its corporate headquarters are in Springfield, Massachusetts. Smith & Wesson has a reputation for the many types of ammunition it has introduced over the years and for its revolver know-how.

Beginning
In 1852 partners Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson formed a company to produce a lever-action pistol nicknamed "The Volcanic". The company became known as the "Volcanic Repeating Arms Company", and due to financial difficulties came into the majority ownership of investor Oliver Winchester.

In 1856 the partners left the Volcanic Company to begin a new company and to manufacture a newly-designed revolver-and-cartridge combination. The timing of the founding of this new company proved quite opportune for the partners, as the onset of the American Civil War five years later produced a great demand for Smith & Wesson's products.

In 1964 the company passed from Wesson family control, and subsequently a number of conglomerates took control of it.

From 1987 to 2001 Tomkins PLC, a British company, owned Smith & Wesson.

See also www.smith-wesson.com/
See also www.freepatriot.com/smithmodels.php

Smith & Wesson Model 500 is manufactured here.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26W_Model_500
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.500_S%26W_Magnum
This place was featured in National Geographic Channel’s “Who Knew? With Marshall Brain”