Are any Smith & Wesson Hand Ejectors antique class?

[41 Colt]

One caliber they came in was .455, but I can't find an exact year for the start of this, only that the .32 cal version was introduced in 1896. This is the "swing-out" cylinder model, like the Colt 1892.

 

[Nyles]

I don't think so, but I'd be fascinated to be proved wrong. Unforunately I'm in the shacks and all my books are at home, so I cant confirm.

 

[green]

Introduced 1908 so no luck.

 

[klondike bob]

S W where made in 455 webly in the 1917 model ( hand ejector ?? )

 

[tjhaile]

No Hand Ejector S&Ws are classified as antiques. Some .32 Hand Ejector 1st Models were made in 1896-1897, but they would be 12(6) because they are .32 S&W Long calibre. These are the predecessors of the I-Frame, which was the small frame Hand Ejector prior to the advent of the J-Frame in the 1950s.

The K-frame (M&P 1st Model) was first manufactured in 1899 for .32-20 and .38 Special. The N-frame (.44 Hand Ejector 1st Model) was first manufactured in 1907 for .44 Special. This was the famous "Triple Lock".

The .455 Hand Ejectors were built during WWI for the British and Canadian forces. Approximately the first 6000 built in 1914-15 were the Triple Lock in .455 Webley. This was soon superceded by the 2nd Model, which deleted the ejector rod shroud and the lockup at the cylinder yoke in the interest of lower production costs.

The Model 1917 was a 2nd Model Hand Ejector chambered for .45 ACP, not .455 Webley.