page_title: Smith & Wesson Model 3
section_title: 11mm Orbea Hermanos y Cia. M1884 Sistema ONÁ ("S&W Model 7")
hierarchical_section_title: Smith & Wesson Model 3 / Copies / 11mm Orbea Hermanos y Cia. M1884 Sistema ONÁ ("S&W Model 7")
caption_attribution_description: Español: Revólver de Orbea Hermanos en el Museo Histórico Militar de Sevilla, en España, calibre 11 mm (44), modelo 1884, tipo Smith and Wesson modelo 1875
context_page_description: The Smith & Wesson Model 3 is a single-action, cartridge-firing, top-break revolver produced by Smith & Wesson from circa 1870 to 1915, and was recently again offered as a reproduction by Smith & Wesson and Uberti.
  It was produced in several variations and sub-variations, including both the "Russian Model", so named because it was supplied to the military of the Russian Empire, and the "Schofield" model, named after Major George W. Schofield, who made his own modifications to the Model 3 to meet his perceptions of the Cavalry's needs. Smith & Wesson incorporated these modifications into an 1875 design they named after the Major, planning to obtain significant military contracts for the new revolver.
  The S&W Model 3 was originally chambered for the .44 S&W American and .44 Russian cartridges, and typically did not have the cartridge information stamped on the gun. Model 3 revolvers were later produced in an assortment of calibers, including .44 Henry Rimfire, .44-40, .32-44, .38-44, and .45 Schofield. The design would influence the smaller S&W .38 Single Action that is retroactively referred to as the Model 2.
context_section_description: In 1884 the Spanish government made a decree stating that any invention not copyrighted by their copyright office was not under their protection. One victim of this was Smith & Wesson, whose lucrative contract to produce Model 3 revolvers for the Spanish Army was quickly cancelled. Its work given to local gunsmiths in Eibar by different firms without any standardization of parts.
  The Orbea Hermanos Modelo 1884 Sistema ONÁ (Basque oná > "good") or "S&W Model 7" revolver was made from 1884 until the 1920s. It is notable for its grip medallion, which is an "OH" interlaced like the Smith & Wesson "S&W".
  An interesting footnote is that Smith & Wesson immediately copyrighted all of their other designs in Spain from then on. That is why their firearms have MARCA REGISTRADA and the date of the Spanish patent on their barrels.
caption: An Orbea Hermanos revolver at the Seville Military History Museum.
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