NRA Museums
Sherman’s Smith & Wesson – Our GOTD was presented to General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1869, a postwar year in which Sherman was promoted to General of the Army rank. The Smith & Wesson No.2 Army or Old Model revolver was a .32 rimfire piece popular with officers as its metallic cartridges were waterproof and far quicker to load than loose blackpowder, percussion caps and lead projectiles about 77,000 of these revolvers were made from 1861 to 1874.