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Horace Smith (October 28, 1808 – January 15, 1893) was an American gunsmith, inventor, and businessman. He and his business partner Daniel B. Wesson formed two companies named "Smith & Wesson", the first of which was eventually reorganized into the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and the latter of which became the modern Smith ...
Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson formed a firearms manufacturing partnership in Springfield, Massachusetts, that held many patents in the mid-1800s. They produced a variety of rifles, pistols, and revolvers.
Horace Smith was a pioneer of firearms manufacturing and a generous donor to public causes. Learn about his life, achievements and legacy at the Horace Smith Fund, which supports education in Hampden County.
Horace Smith (October 28, 1808 – January 15, 1893) was a gunsmith, inventor, and businessman. He and his business partner Daniel B. Wesson formed two companies named Smith & Wesson, the first of which was financed in part by Oliver Winchester and was eventually reorganized into the Winchester...
In 1854, Daniel B. Wesson partnered with Horace Smith and Courtlandt Palmer to develop a lever-action pistol and the first repeating rifle—the Volcanic. Production was in the shop of Horace Smith in Norwich, Connecticut .
Oct 26, 2021 · The first repeater project Horace worked on that we know of was a magazine-loaded pistol invented by Orville B. Percival and Asa Smith that Horace built in 1850. It was a busy time in Smith’s life. Courtland Palmer soon hired him to work on improvements to the lever-action rifle invented by Walter Hunt and Lewis Jennings.
Jun 7, 2022 · Former Baltimore Sun reporter John Bainbridge Jr., author of Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented, talked about Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson.
