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".
During the 1980s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation adopted a revolver very similar to the Model 65 Ladysmith, but without the moniker. (This was prior to the 1986 FBI Miami shootout.)
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