Smith & Wesson Model 3

Smith & Wesson New Model No.3. Target configuration

Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 with unusual 5 inch barrel

Smith & wesson New Model No. 3 with nickel finish and target sights

Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 with 5 inch barrel and nickel finish - .44 Russian

Introduced in 1878, Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 was Smith & Wessons perfected single action top break revolver, generally smaller and lighter than previous models. It returned to the original Smith & Wesson barrel latch system, a change stemming mainly from the company's desire to stop paying royalties to George W Schofield. It was, after the Colt Single Action Army, the most popular revolver of the later frontier era, in fact more New Model No.3s were made than Single Action Armies during the 19th century, though the majority went to foreign military contracts.

Specifications

(1878 - year)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber(s): .45 S&W Schofield, .45 Webley, .450 Revolver, .455 Mk I and .455 Mk II, .44 S&W Russian, .44 S&W American, .44-40 WCF, .44 Rimfire Henry, .41 S&W, .38-40 WCF, .38-44 S&W, .38 Colt, .38 S&W, .32 S&W, .32-44 S&W, .320 S&W Revolving Rifle

• Weight: 2.9 lb (1.3 kg)

• Length: 12 in (30.5 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 8 in(20.3 cm), 7.5 in(19.0 cm), 7 in(17.7 cm), 6.5 in (16.5 cm), 6 in(15.2 cm), 5 in(12.7 cm), 4 in (10.16 cm), 3.5 in(8.8 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: Single Action

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The Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 has been used in the following films:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
White Fang	Nikolai Plotnikov	Beauty Smith		1946
	Lev Sverdlin	Matt
Lemonade Joe	Karel Fiala	Lemonade Joe		1964
	Milos Kopecký	Horác Badman
	Kveta Fialová	Tornado Lou
The Sons of Great Bear	Gerhard Rachold	Lt. Roach		1966
A Professional Gun (Il mercenario)	Jack Palance	Ricciolo alias 'Curly'		1968
	Franco Ressel	Studs
	Tito García	Garcia's Cousin
Family Happiness (Semeynoe schastye)	Andrey Mironov	Fyodor Sigayev	Spanish or Belgian copy; pearl grips	1969
	Valentin Gaft	Gun store clerk
The Pacifist (La pacifista)	Daniel Olbrychski	Sergey Abramov		1970
	Pierre Clementi	Stranger
Hannie Caulder	Robert Culp	Luther Price		1971
	Raquel Welch	Hannie Caulder
Joe Kidd	John Saxon	Luis Chama		1972
The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova)	Georgi Vitsin	Ignatiy	Spanish or Belgian copy; nickel plated with pearl grips	1973
	Vladislav Dvorzhetsky	Ilyin
Cuba	Danny De La Paz	Julio Mederos	Probably a Spanish copy	1979
A Cruel Romance	Nikita Mikhalkov	Paratov	Spanish or Belgian copy; nickel plated with pearl grips	1984
	Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy	Semenovsky
	Andrey Myagkov	Karandyshev
Tombstone	Sam Elliott	Virgil Earp	Nickel Finish, Pearl Grips	1993
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Casey Affleck	Bob Ford	Nickel plated	2007

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Operation Trust (Operatsiya "Trest")	Anatoli Adoskin	Staff Capt. Radkevich		1967
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson	Vasily Livanov	Sherlock Holmes	Spanish or Belgian copy	1979-1986
	Vitaly Solomin	Dr. Watson
The Blacklist - Season 2	James Spader	Raymond "Red" Reddington	"T. Earl King VI (No. 94)"(SO2E14)	2013 - Present

See Also

• Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.