Designed in the 1960s by Paris Theodore and produced through the 1970s, the ASP package takes a Smith & Wesson double-action pistol (in this case a Model 39) and performs a radical "remanufacturing" to convert it into an ideal defensive carry pistol. The pistol is reduced in multiple dimensions. Anything that could catch on a garment is lowered or removed. All edges are rounded, and the trigger guard is cut-down and reshaped for a 2-handed grip. The original sights are replaced with a one-piece Guttersnipe sighting plane. The grips are translucent Lexan with clear windows, and the magazines are shortened to match and cut on the sides for round counting. Included with the pistol are two extra magazines, a brown leather magazine pouch with magnetic retention device, a brown leather basket weave pattern holster, a black soft case with ASP "death watch" logo and a number of papers, including the S&W and ASP manuals and a number of individual ASP instruction/information sheets.