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{{Short description|Family of small, J-frame revolvers}}
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[[File:S&W Bodyguard left.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .38 Special]]
[[File:S&W Bodyguard left.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Smith & Wesson Model 49 Bodyguard .38 Special]]
The '''Smith & Wesson Bodyguard''' is a family of small J-frame [[revolver]]s with shrouded hammers manufactured by [[Smith & Wesson]]. They are available chambered in either [[.38 Special]] or [[.357 Magnum]].<ref name="Boorman2002">{{cite book|last=Boorman|first=Dean K.|title=The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jnqqkW85u8C&pg=PA78|date=1 December 2002|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-1-58574-721-4|page=78}}</ref>
The '''Smith & Wesson Bodyguard''' is a family of small J-frame [[revolver]]s with shrouded hammers manufactured by [[Smith & Wesson]]. They are available chambered in either [[.38 Special]] or [[.357 Magnum]].<ref name="Boorman2002">{{cite book|last=Boorman|first=Dean K.|title=The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jnqqkW85u8C&pg=PA78|date=1 December 2002|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-1-58574-721-4|page=78}}</ref>


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===Model 38===
===Model 38===
The Model 38 is aluminum-framed, has a carbon steel barrel, a carbon steel cylinder with a five-round capacity, and is chambered in .38 Special.<ref name="Ahern2010">{{cite book|last=Ahern|first=Jerry|title=Armed for Personal Defense|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3coK8za7q4C&pg=PA47|year=2010|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=1-4402-1643-6|page=47}}</ref>
The Model 38 is aluminum-framed, has a carbon steel [[Gun barrel|barrel]], a carbon steel [[Cylinder (firearms)|cylinder]] with a five-round capacity, and is chambered in .38 Special.<ref name="Ahern2010">{{cite book|last=Ahern|first=Jerry|title=Armed for Personal Defense|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3coK8za7q4C&pg=PA47|year=2010|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-1643-5|page=47}}</ref>


=== Model 49 ===
=== Model 49 ===
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{{Anchor|M&P Bodyguard 38|MP Bodyguard 38|Bodyguard 38}}
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{{For|the pistol|M&P Bodyguard 380}}
{{For|the pistol|M&P Bodyguard 380}}
The M&P Bodyguard 38, introduced in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gunsandammo.com/first-look/first-look-smith-wesson-mp-bodyguard-handguns-crimson-trace-lasers/|title=First Look: Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard Handguns with Crimson Trace Lasers - Guns & Ammo|date=2014-07-15|website=Guns & Ammo |access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref> is the latest incarnation of a Smith & Wesson revolver using the Bodyguard moniker. It is a polymer framed revolver chambered in .38 Special, and is available with a [[Crimson Trace]] [[laser sight]] integrated in to the grip. Like previous Bodyguard models, it has a five-round cylinder and a concealed hammer but unlike the previous models, the hammer cannot be cocked for single action fire.<ref name="Shideler2010">{{cite book|last=Shideler|first=Dan|title=Guns Illustrated 2011: The Latest Guns, Specs & Prices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eT2t8PBVmVMC&pg=PA58|date=20 August 2010|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|location=Iola|isbn=1-4402-1624-X|page=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://ir.smith-wesson.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=90977&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1376451&highlight= |title=Smith & Wesson(R) Introduces New BODYGUARD(R) Line. Company Launches New Compact Pistol and Revolver with Integrated Laser System |publisher=Smith & Wesson |date=2010-01-19 |access-date=2014-08-26}}</ref> The lockwork is different than any other Smith & Wesson revolver and the model has no parts interchangeable with the J-frame series.<ref name="americanrifleman1">{{cite web|author=Wiley Clapp |url=http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/smith-and-wesson-bodyguard-reviews |title=S&W’s New Bodyguards |work=[[American Rifleman]] |access-date=2014-08-26}}</ref> Chambered in .38 Special, it is available with a Crimson Trace (previously Insight) red-dot [[laser sight]] integrated in to the grip.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/SmWesson2/upload/other/MPCTFinal.pdf |title=Smith & Wesson® Introduces New M&P® BODYGUARD® Handguns with Crimson Trace® Laser Sights |publisher=Smith & Wesson Corp. |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-26}}</ref> In 2018, S&W announced a new version of the Bodyguard which lacks the integrated laser sight.
The M&P Bodyguard 38, introduced in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gunsandammo.com/first-look/first-look-smith-wesson-mp-bodyguard-handguns-crimson-trace-lasers/|title=First Look: Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard Handguns with Crimson Trace Lasers - Guns & Ammo|date=2014-07-15|website=Guns & Ammo |access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref> is the latest incarnation of a Smith & Wesson revolver using the Bodyguard name. It is a polymer framed revolver chambered in .38 Special, and available with a Crimson Trace (previously Insight) red-dot [[laser sight]] integrated in to the grip.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/SmWesson2/upload/other/MPCTFinal.pdf |title=Smith & Wesson® Introduces New M&P® BODYGUARD® Handguns with Crimson Trace® Laser Sights |publisher=Smith & Wesson Corp. |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-26}}</ref> Like previous Bodyguard models, it has a five-round cylinder and a concealed hammer but unlike the previous models, the hammer cannot be cocked for single action fire.<ref name="Shideler2010">{{cite book|last=Shideler|first=Dan|title=Guns Illustrated 2011: The Latest Guns, Specs & Prices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eT2t8PBVmVMC&pg=PA58|date=20 August 2010|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|location=Iola|isbn=978-1-4402-1624-4|page=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://ir.smith-wesson.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=90977&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1376451&highlight= |title=Smith & Wesson(R) Introduces New BODYGUARD(R) Line. Company Launches New Compact Pistol and Revolver with Integrated Laser System |publisher=Smith & Wesson |date=2010-01-19 |access-date=2014-08-26}}</ref> The lockwork is different than any other Smith & Wesson revolver and the model has no parts interchangeable with the J-frame series.<ref name="americanrifleman1">{{cite web|author=Wiley Clapp |url=http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/smith-and-wesson-bodyguard-reviews |title=S&W's New Bodyguards |work=[[American Rifleman]] |access-date=2014-08-26}}</ref> In 2018, S&W announced a new version of the Bodyguard which lacks the integrated laser sight. It is most closely related to the [[Smith & Wesson Centennial|Centennial]] models.<ref name="americanrifleman1"/>
It is most closely related to the [[Smith & Wesson Centennial|Centennial]] models.<ref name="americanrifleman1"/>


==History==
==History==
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* [[Clyde A. Tolson]], special assistant to [[FBI]] chief [[J. Edgar Hoover]], owned a Model 38 Airweight, serial number 512236, with his name engraved on the side.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8qXdU45SCUC|title=Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson|last1=Supica|first1=Jim|last2=Nahas|first2=Richard|date=2007-01-03|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|isbn=978-0896892934|language=en}}</ref>


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* [[Nguyễn Ngọc Loan]], South Vietnam's chief of National Police, was photographed using a Model 49 Bodyguard to execute a [[Viet Cong]] prisoner, [[Nguyễn Văn Lém]], during the [[Tet Offensive]] of 1968.<ref name="Buckley">{{Cite magazine |last=Buckley |first=Tom |date=April 1972 |title="Portrait of an Aging Despot" |url=https://harpers.org/archive/1972/04/portrait-of-an-aging-despot/ |magazine=Harper's}}</ref>
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==Users==
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* [[Clyde A. Tolson]], special assistant to [[FBI]] chief [[J. Edgar Hoover]], owned a Model 38 Airweight, serial number 512236, with his name engraved on the side.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8qXdU45SCUC|title=Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson|last=Supica|first=Jim|last2=Nahas|first2=Richard|date=2007-01-03|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|isbn=089689293X|language=en}}</ref>


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*[[Bernhard Goetz]] used a Model 38 Bodyguard in the controversial [[1984 New York City Subway shooting]].
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* [[Nguyễn Ngọc Loan]], South Vietnam's chief of National Police, was photographed using a Model 49 Bodyguard to execute a [[Viet Cong]] prisoner, [[Nguyễn Văn Lém]], during the [[Tet Offensive]] of 1968. <ref name="Buckley">{{Cite magazine |last=Buckley |first=Tom |date=April 1972 |title="Portrait of an Aging Despot" |url=https://harpers.org/archive/1972/04/portrait-of-an-aging-despot/ |magazine=Harper's}}</ref>


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==Users==
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*[[Bernhard Goetz]] used a Model 38 in a [[1984 New York City Subway shooting|1984 shooting on the New York City Subway]].
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**[[Massachusetts State Police]] Plainclothes officers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nonte |first=George |author-link= |date=1980 |title=Combat Handguns |location= |publisher=Stackpole Books |page=345 |isbn=0811704092}}</ref>


===Fictional===
===Former users===
* {{flagicon|Laos|1952}} [[Kingdom of Laos]]: used by the [[Royal Lao Army]] (RLA) and the [[Royal Lao Police]] (PRL) during the [[Laotian Civil War]].
* John D. MacDonald's fictional character, [[Travis McGee]], uses an Airweight Bodyguard in ''[[Darker than Amber]]'' and other novels.
* {{Flag|Rhodesia}}: used by civilians and [[Air Rhodesia]] aircrews during the [[Rhodesian Bush War]].<ref>Locke & Cooke, ''Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80'' (1995), p. 3.</ref>

* {{Flag|South Vietnam}}: used by the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] (ARVN) and the [[Republic of Vietnam National Police]] (CSQG) during the [[Vietnam War]].
* [[Guido Mista]], a character from ''[[Golden Wind (manga)|Golden Wind]]''.
* {{Flag|Portugal}}: used by civilians and government officials during the [[Portuguese Colonial War]].<ref>Telo and Álvares, ''Armamento do Exército Português Vol. I – Armamento ligeiro'' (2004), p. 82.</ref>

* Harry Angel, a character played by [[Mickey Rourke]] uses an Airweight Bodyguard in the movie ''[[Angel Heart]]''.

* Claire Redfield in [[Resident Evil 2]] uses a S&W Bodyguard as her starting pistol.

* [[James Bond]] is issued a S&W "Centennial Airweight" "hammerless" revolver as one of two new sidearms (along with the [[Walther PPK]]) in [[Dr. No (film)|Doctor No]].

* [[Ricardo Tubbs]] carries and uses a stainless or nickel-plated Bodyguard model in many episodes of [[Miami Vice]].
* Ernst Stavro Blofeld Played by Charles Gray points a Blued S&W 38.Bodyguard at James Bond in the film Diamonds Are Forever 1971.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[.357 Magnum]]
* [[Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380]]
* [[Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380]]
* [[Smith & Wesson Centennial]]
* [[Smith & Wesson Centennial]]
* [[Smith & Wesson Model 36]]


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
*António José Telo and Mário Álvares, ''Armamento do Exército Português Vol. I – Armamento ligeiro'', Prefácio, Lisbon 2004. {{ISBN|972-8816-43-X}} (in Portuguese)
* Valéry Tarrius, ''La Police de Campagne du Sud-Vietnam 1967–1975'', in Armes Militaria Magazine No. 236, March 2005, Histoire & Collections, Paris, pp.&nbsp;37–43. {{ISSN|0753-1877}} (in [[French language|French]])
*Peter Gerard Locke & Peter David Farquharson Cooke, ''Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80'', P&P Publishing, Wellington (New Zealand) 1995. {{ISBN|0-473-02413-6}}

==External links==
* [https://www.smith-wesson.com/sites/default/files/owners-manuals/M&P_BodyGuard_38_Rev-04-20-2015.pdf User Manual]


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Latest revision as of 22:12, 2 December 2024

This article is about the line of revolvers. For the semi-automatic pistol, see Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380.
Smith & Wesson Model 49 Bodyguard .38 Special

The Smith & Wesson Bodyguard is a family of small J-frame revolvers with shrouded hammers manufactured by Smith & Wesson. They are available chambered in either .38 Special or .357 Magnum.[1]

Models

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Model 38

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The Model 38 is aluminum-framed, has a carbon steel barrel, a carbon steel cylinder with a five-round capacity, and is chambered in .38 Special.[2]

Model 49

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The Model 49 is an all-carbon-steel-framed revolver chambered in .38 Special.[2]

Model 638

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The Model 638 is aluminum-framed with stainless steel cylinder and barrel. Chambered in .38 Special.[2]

Model 649

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The Model 649 is an all stainless-steel framed revolver. Chambered in .357 Magnum or .38 Special.[2]

M&P Bodyguard 38

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For the pistol, see M&P Bodyguard 380.

The M&P Bodyguard 38, introduced in 2014,[3] is the latest incarnation of a Smith & Wesson revolver using the Bodyguard name. It is a polymer framed revolver chambered in .38 Special, and available with a Crimson Trace (previously Insight) red-dot laser sight integrated in to the grip.[4] Like previous Bodyguard models, it has a five-round cylinder and a concealed hammer but unlike the previous models, the hammer cannot be cocked for single action fire.[5][6] The lockwork is different than any other Smith & Wesson revolver and the model has no parts interchangeable with the J-frame series.[7] In 2018, S&W announced a new version of the Bodyguard which lacks the integrated laser sight. It is most closely related to the Centennial models.[7]

History

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Users

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Former users

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Boorman, Dean K. (1 December 2002). The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms. Globe Pequot. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-58574-721-4.
  2. ^ a b c d Ahern, Jerry (2010). Armed for Personal Defense. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4402-1643-5.
  3. ^ "First Look: Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard Handguns with Crimson Trace Lasers - Guns & Ammo". Guns & Ammo. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  4. ^ "Smith & Wesson® Introduces New M&P® BODYGUARD® Handguns with Crimson Trace® Laser Sights" (PDF) (Press release). Smith & Wesson Corp. July 15, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  5. ^ Shideler, Dan (20 August 2010). Guns Illustrated 2011: The Latest Guns, Specs & Prices. Iola: F+W Media, Inc. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4402-1624-4.
  6. ^ "Smith & Wesson(R) Introduces New BODYGUARD(R) Line. Company Launches New Compact Pistol and Revolver with Integrated Laser System" (Press release). Smith & Wesson. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  7. ^ a b Wiley Clapp. "S&W's New Bodyguards". American Rifleman. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  8. ^ Supica, Jim; Nahas, Richard (2007-01-03). Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. F+W Media, Inc. ISBN 978-0896892934.
  9. ^ Buckley, Tom (April 1972). ""Portrait of an Aging Despot"". Harper's.
  10. ^ Nonte, George (1980). Combat Handguns. Stackpole Books. p. 345. ISBN 0811704092.
  11. ^ Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 3.
  12. ^ Telo and Álvares, Armamento do Exército Português Vol. I – Armamento ligeiro (2004), p. 82.

Bibliography

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  • António José Telo and Mário Álvares, Armamento do Exército Português Vol. I – Armamento ligeiro, Prefácio, Lisbon 2004. ISBN 972-8816-43-X (in Portuguese)
  • Valéry Tarrius, La Police de Campagne du Sud-Vietnam 1967–1975, in Armes Militaria Magazine No. 236, March 2005, Histoire & Collections, Paris, pp. 37–43. ISSN 0753-1877 (in French)
  • Peter Gerard Locke & Peter David Farquharson Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80, P&P Publishing, Wellington (New Zealand) 1995. ISBN 0-473-02413-6
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