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Schrank was quickly tackled before he could get another shot off, and when Roosevelt’s aide asked if he had been hurt, Teddy replied, “He plinked me, Henry.” That single bullet had passed through Roosevelt’s overcoat, his folded speech that was in his pocket, and his metal eyeglass case before stopping three inches deep into his chest. True to form, the former Commander in Chief refused medical attention and delivered his speech despite the fact he was bleeding profusely. When he later went to the hospital doctors found that the bullet was too close to Roosevelt’s heart to remove. Despite his wound, the Bull Moose was back out on the campaign trail only six days later.

Smith & Wesson continued to make break open pocket revolvers in .38 S&W, and in 1917, began producing their .38 S&W Regulation Police, a five shot Hand Ejector built on their I-frame line. The I-frame revolvers were too small for the then fairly new .38 Special but were perfect for the shorter .38 S&W. The Regulation Police came with fixed sights and a 4-inch barrel.