Smith & Wesson Model 15

The Smith & Wesson Model 15 Revolver was a K Frame revolver chambered for .38 Special. The Model 16 was a target model chambered for .32 S&W Long (and is not a common revolver). The Model 17 Target Masterpiece was a .22LR Model based on the same frame but for most of it's production was made only with a six inch barrel. The Model 18 Combat Masterpiece (.22 LR) is a duplicate of the Model 15 with a four inch barrel.

The Smith & Wesson Model 15 revolver can be seen in the following films and television series used by the following actors:

Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 Special

Film

• Bullet Boy

• One of Raoul's men, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, and Rick Yune as Zao in Die Another Day

• A store employee in American History X

• Kevin Zegers as Terry and Michael Barry as Bart in Dawn of the Dead

• Reginald VelJohnson as Sergeant Al Powell in Die Hard

• A police officer and Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese in The Terminator

• A mugger in Spider-Man

• Garry in The Thing

• Kevin Costner in A Perfect World

• A cop in the opening scenes of Cobra

• Kurt Russell as Snake Pliskin uses the Model 67 ( stainless steel counterpart ) in Escape from New York

• Morgan Freeman, in his role of Detective Lt. William Somerset in Se7en

• William Petersen in To Live and Die in L.A.

• A female L.A.P.D. officer in Lethal Weapon (deleted scene)

Television

• Adam Kroloff as Henry and Frank Grillo as Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman in The Kill Point

Characteristics

The Model 15 Combat Masterpiece was in common use with police and private security officers from the 1950's to the 80's. The Model 15, and later the Model 67, was issued to officers of the L.A.P.D. for many years. It was, at the same time, a standard issue to pilots in USAF as well as the Air Force Security Police. It was a counterpart of the Smith & Wesson Model 10 with adjustable sights and a "target" action. It was discontinued in 1999, but a stainless version,Smith & Wesson Model 67 is still in production. Chambered in .38 Special only, it has only 25% power of the modern .357 Magnums. This gun is the ancestor of the Smith & Wesson Model 19.

Smith & Wesson Model 17 Target model - .22lr. Being only chambered in .22 LR, it is not often used in films, except as an 'impersonator' of similar revolvers chambered for larger rounds.