Wesson had learned a lot from his father, and had inherited much of his forebear's mechanical aptitude. Wesson assigned the development of the new revolver to his son Joe, and this was one of Joe's first drafting projects.
Today these early revolvers, named by the factory "Safey Hammerless" or "New Departure" are classic collector items.ĭ.B. This concept lives on in some modern S&W revolvers. Such guns would have an additional advantage for law enforcement officers, who could draw their revolver from underneath clothing without a hammer catching on a pocket or coat and impeding the draw. These would be extremely difficult for a child to fire.
Wesson began work on the project with his son Joe, and the result was the first in a long line of double-action-only self-defense revolvers. Such a revolver would have no external hammer, and could not therefore be fired with a light single-action pull. He was particularly motivated by reports of children firing guns accidentally. I contacted the author and the publisher and have obtained their permission to include their article here.ĬLASSIC HANDGUNS: The S&W Safety Hammerless Revolversĭuring the 1880s, Smith & Wesson co-founder Daniel Baird Wesson was seeking to design and produce a revolver for self defense that would be entirely safe to handle until properly gripped and fired by a long, heavy double-action pull on the trigger. But just what is a "lemon squeezer"? While reading through my co-worker's October, 2010 issue of "The Blue Press", I spotted an article with what to me was a familiar picture - a Smith & Wesson hammerless revolver - commonly called a "lemon squeezer". All hard-core Johnny Dollar listeners know that the Bob Bailey era Johnny carried a "lemon squeezer".
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