Smith & Wesson Schofield Revolver
name: label: licensee
content: Schofield
label: maker
content: Smith & Wesson
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Smith & Wesson First Model Schofield revolver, .45 caliber.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This Smith & Wesson was found loaded at the Little Big Horn Battlefield in 1883.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, .45 caliber, was manufactured from 1875 to 1878. The vast majority of the 9,000 guns went to the U.S. Army. Many saw service in the Indian Wars, though they were reported in use as late as the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection. The First Model Schofield has a latch configuration that is rather pointed at the top and has a circle around the screwhead at the bottom. Serial-number range will give you an indication of whether it is First or Second Model; the numbers change from the First Model to the Second Model at a little over 3,000.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
label: found
content: United States: Montana
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Battle of the Little Bighorn
label: related event
content: The Development of the Industrial United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles E. Bendire
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.1788
label: catalog number
content: 1788
label: accession number
content: 17418
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Center Fire; .44 In; Rifled; 02; 2G; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 12 3/4 in x 2 in; 15.24 cm x 32.385 cm x 5.08 cm