This Day in History: American inventor and firearms designer Daniel B. Wesson was born on this day in 1825. He helped develop several influential firearm designs over the course of his life; he and Horace Smith were the co-founders of two companies named "Smith & Wesson", the first of which was eventually reorganized into the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and the latter of which became the modern Smith & Wesson.
Smith & Wesson still makes popular handguns. "The M&P Shield by Smith & Wesson was released in 2012 and still holds many top spots today. When it was first introduced, the company claimed is was the best-selling on the market for personal protection and that’s what millions of people use it for today. There are three options of the .45, .40, and 9mm, so you can choose an M&P Shield to suit." Source
One of the most popular S&W guns was the S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum famously called "the most powerful handgun in the world" by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry.
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