Smith & Wesson Model 41

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Volumes

1. Vol 1 Origins: Ten Years in the Toolroom, and the Game It Was Built For Why Smith & Wesson built a .22 target pistol after the war, what it had to beat, and what the record actually says about 1947 to 1957
2. Vol 2 Production History, and How to Date One Every change with its date and whose date it is; the barrels, the .22 Short gun and the Model 46; the gaps; the 2025 end; and how a reader places a Model 41 in its era
3. Vol 3 How It Works: an Exposed Barrel, a Short Slide, and a Trigger Guard That Holds the Barrel On Straight blowback, why both sights ride on the barrel, the 1957 barrel-latch and trigger-spring patents read part by part, and what the trigger, safety and stop actually do
4. Vol 4 The Reputation, Tested: Accuracy, Popularity and Value What the published groups show against the size of the target, what the popularity evidence is and is not, and Model 41 prices from 1966 to 2026 with a date and a source on every figure
5. Vol 5 Against Its Rivals: High Standard, Ruger and the Plain Smith The pistols the Model 41 was measured against, compared on the figures printed in a 1959 service manual and the maker's current specification, and what actually separates them
6. Vol 6 Owning and Maintaining the Pistol Documented Here The unit as recorded in September 2026, what its markings will say about its era, what Smith & Wesson's manuals actually say about ammunition, and the maker's own field-strip, lubrication, trigger-stop and cleaning procedures