Note how the grips overlap the frame.īack in 1926, Colt offered a 2-inch-barreled version of the Police Positive called the Special. With this in mind, let’s see how this new-tech, polymer-framed five-shooter stacks up against old-school, all-metal standard-bearers like Colt’s Agent, the smallest of the famed Detective Special-based wheelguns.Ĭolt Agent The Agent’s short grip frame made it a highly concealable undercover revolver. 38 Specials available today, with the technology leader being the Ruger LCR. But S&W is only one among a vast field of small-frame. The Colts, however, are long gone and have become collectible, while S&W has continued to advance the technology and produce a full line of compact revolvers. The much older Colts held a one-round advantage with their sixgun cylinders.įast-forward to the 21st century and snub-nose revolvers are still around, which is an impressive fact in itself. The S&Ws, however, which all came about in the 1950s, were built on the S&W J-Frame and were five-shot repeaters. The second choice in concealed-carry wheelguns was the Smith & Wesson Chief’s Special and Chief’s Special Airweight (later the Model 36 and Model 37), the Bodyguard Airweight (later the Model 38), and the very slick hammerless Centennial and Centennial Airweights (later the Model 40 and Model 42). The first was the Colt Detective Special, introduced in 1927 (also later the c.1934 Banker’s Special, the very sharp looking 1950s Cobra, followed by the smaller-gripped c.1960s Colt Agent). When one chose to carry a small, self-defense pistol back in the 1950s, the variety of “top of the line” handguns gave you two excellent.
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