For me this looks like an ideal “Belly Gun” to these tired old eyes.
.35 S&W Auto
| .35 Smith & Wesson | ||||||||
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| Type | Pistol | |||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||
| Production history | ||||||||
| Designed | 1912 | |||||||
| Manufacturer | Smith & Wesson | |||||||
| Produced | 1913- | |||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Case type | Rimless, straight | |||||||
| Bullet diameter | .32[1] | |||||||
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| Source(s): “Textbook of Automatic Pistols” [2] | ||||||||
The .35 Smith & Wesson (S&W) is a centerfire pistol cartridge developed in 1912 for the newly designed Model 1913 self-loading pocket pistol intended to compete with the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP and Model 1908 .380 ACP pistols.
The .35 caliber name implied a cartridge of diameter directly between those two popular calibers. Actual bullet diameters were .312 for the .32 ACP and the .35 S&W,[3] and .355 for the .380 ACP.
Despite possible reliability problems, .35 S&W pistols can fire .32 ACP ammunition.[3]The advanced features of the Model 1913 failed to compensate for the earlier availability of the Colt pistols.
Gun purchasers were skeptical about a non-standard cartridge when .32 ACP ammunition was widely available.[2] Approximately 8350 Model 1913 had been made when production stopped about 1921.
Smith & Wesson shifted production to their Model 32 self-loading pistol chambered for the .32 ACP from 1924 to 1937. No other firearms were chambered for the .35 S&W, and the cartridge is considered obsolete.
The bullets are rather unusual with a full diameter un-jacketed lead-alloy surface enclosed within the case, and a sub-caliber jacket encasing the exposed nose with a rounded form for reliable loading