Welcome to the Smith
& Wesson Collectors Association open web page. We
are pleased that you have stopped by to learn about our
association. The Smith & Wesson Collectors
Association is the oldest specialized collectors
association in the United States. It was founded in 1964 by
six Smith & Wesson collectors while attending a gun
show in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This group of collectors met
each year at different gun shows around the country. To
keep in contact with fellow collectors, I began
publishing a newsletter called "Notes From The Desk of
Roy Jinks" that contained new information from other
collectors or my continued research at the Smith &
Wesson factory. As more people become interested, it
became necessary to organize this collector group. At
the 1970 Las Vegas Gun Show a group of Smith &
Wesson Collectors announced that they would organize as
the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association, and they
elected it first slate of officers.
The Collectors
Association is dedicated to the collecting of all Smith
& Wesson products from the antique firearms to the
most modern arms currently produced by the company. The
association's main purpose is the preservation of Smith
& Wesson's history. The S&WCA is currently
working with the Connecticut Valley History Museum,
which houses the Smith & Wesson Company Collection
and the Smith & Wesson archives. The association has
donated more than $100,000 for the care and preservation
of this collection. We will continue to make this one of
the association's primary objectives.
Members of the
association receive the association-published journal
that contains stories on both antique and modern Smith
& Wesson firearms. The Association hosts an annual
meeting, which is held in various parts of the United
States to allow all members an equal chance to attend.
As a member, you can join the Private Area of the public
Smith
& Wesson Forum. Members of the Private Area
discuss many topics relevant to the history of Smith &
Wesson and its products.
We invite all
individuals who have a serious interest in Smith &
Wesson to join our association. Please click on 'how to
become a member'.
Roy G.
Jinks Chairman, Smith
& Wesson Collectors Association Smith &
Wesson Historian
