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Colt hammer shrouds for D-frame guns (left) and a new variation for J-frame S&W’s (right) are available through W.W. Waller & Son.

Shown with his firm’s CIA, Taurus CEO Bob Morrison is proud that his firm’s snub-nose .38s are among the most popular.

Bob Schwartz at Waller offers a hammer shroud for the S&W Chief Special that turns it into the Bodyguard configuration.

Next came a true “once and future” classic, the Centennial. Smith & Wesson took the configuration of the old New Departure Safety Hammerless top-break and grafted it onto the .38 Special Chief, creating what had to be the sleekest revolver of the genre. It even had the antique gun’s signature “lemon squeezer” grip safety, the only solid-frame S&W ever so equipped. Ironically, because few shooters had yet mastered the double-action shooting concept and most felt they needed the crutch of cocking the hammer to hit anything, sales of the Centennial were mediocre and the gun was discontinued. As soon as it became unavailable, the Centennial became a much sought after “in-gun” among the cognoscenti. It was reintroduced, sans grip safety, and has been a best-seller ever since.