
Glock thought so too, and they sued Smith and Wesson like it was going out of style. It should, because it reads like they basically created a carbon copy of a Glock to cash in on the new trendy thing. 38 Special, which remains the case today. 38 Special models, however, were most popular with the civilian market, and eventually the Model 10 was only offered in. 38-200 found adoption in Canada and the UK in the Enfield Number 2 Mark IV, a variant of the Webley revolver. 38 caliber round (first released in 1877) also known as. 38 LC, but was changed soon after to S&W's new round of the day, the. 38 caliber bullet (the 1896 was chambered in. S&W created the Model 10 by sizing up their 1896 Hand Ejector for a. The version sold to the military was stamped "M&P" and those sold to the public received the name "Hand Ejector." The genesis of the pistol was to basically replicate the Colt M1892, which likewise featured a swing-out cylinder, and that initial production run was chambered for the (then) US Army's standard handgun round, the. Initially it was called the Hand Ejector, as it featured a swing-out cylinder design. The Model 10 wasn't called the Model 10 until 1957, when S&W changed their nomenclature. The first Smith & Wesson M&P was in fact the Smith and Wesson Model 10, first released in 1899.
