Daniel B. Wesson

Daniel B. Wesson (1825–1906) was an American firearms designer and manufacturer who co-founded Smith & Wesson with Horace Smith and helped develop its revolvers and cartridge firearms.

Horace Smith: An American firearms inventor and manufacturer who co-founded Smith & Wesson with Daniel B. Wesson. Wesson’s central business partner, with whom he established the arms company.
Smith & Wesson Model 1: A small, seven-shot .22 rimfire revolver introduced by Smith & Wesson in 1857. It was the company’s first successful cartridge revolver under Wesson’s leadership.
Springfield, Massachusetts: A city in western Massachusetts that became a major center of American arms manufacturing. Smith & Wesson established its firearms business in Springfield.
Metallic cartridge: A firearm cartridge with a metal case that holds the projectile, propellant, and primer together. Smith & Wesson’s early commercial revolvers helped popularize this integrated ammunition format.
Rollin White: An American inventor whose patent for a bored-through revolver cylinder enabled metallic-cartridge revolvers. His patent shaped the early designs and licensing strategy of Smith & Wesson.
Smith & Wesson Model 3: A large-frame, top-break revolver introduced by Smith & Wesson in 1870. Its commercial success showed how Wesson’s company adapted cartridge revolvers for powerful ammunition.
Smith & Wesson: An American firearms manufacturer founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson in 1856. The company was the central outcome of Wesson’s partnership and manufacturing career.
Smith & Wesson Model 10: A six-shot .38 Special revolver introduced in 1899 as the .38 Hand Ejector Military & Police. It belongs to the enduring revolver lineage developed by the company Wesson co-founded.
Franklin Wesson: An American firearms manufacturer and Daniel B. Wesson’s brother, known for producing single-shot rifles. His arms business preceded and intersected with Daniel Wesson’s work in firearms manufacturing.
Rollin White patent: A U.S. patent covering a revolver cylinder bored through so metallic cartridges could be loaded from the rear. Smith & Wesson’s exclusive rights to it gave the firm an early advantage in cartridge revolvers.

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