Short-barreled .38 revolvers are the favorite packing pistol of many citizens, and Smith & Wesson has had a major presence in this part of the handgun market for almost a century.
S&W had developed the .38 S&W Special in 1902, and in 1949, company president Carl Hellstrom requested a new small-frame revolver to fire the more powerful cartridge. The result was the famous M36, or Chiefs Special. It was offered in square- and...
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