Smith & Wesson Ladysmith
The S&W Ladysmith is a series of handguns manufactured by Smith & Wesson starting early in the first decade of the 20th century.
History
Smith & Wesson has produced firearms over the years in several standard frame sizes. M-frame refers to the small early Ladysmith frame.Later LadySmith small revolvers were made on the somewhat larger J-frame, the standard S&W small-frame revolver.
The tiny M-frame.22" hand-ejector Ladysmith revolver was produced from 1902 through 1921, and later diminutive revolvers were termed LadySmith, capitalizing the "S".
Early models, branded were chambered in .22 Long. Starting in the 1980s, under the slightly modified "LadySmith" moniker, S&W manufactured several short-barreled revolvers and semi-automatic pistols.