Exhibit 3.2

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                       TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                            SAF-T-HAMMER CORPORATION

The undersigned, constituting the Secretary of Saf-T-Hammer Corporation, hereby
certifies that pursuant to the provisions of NRS 78.385 the following action was
taken:

                  1. That the Board of Directors of said corporation, on
November 2, 2001, adopted a resolution to amend Article I of the Articles of
Incorporation to read as follows: "The name of the corporation shall be Smith &
Wesson Holding Corporation."

                  2. That the number of shares of the corporation outstanding
and entitled to vote on an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was
19,501,689; and that said change and amendment has been consented to and
approved by stockholders holding at least a majority of each class of stock
outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

                     DATED this 14th day of February, 2002



                                                By:  /s/ SHERRY L. NOREEN
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Name:  Sherry L. Noreen
                                                     Title: Secretary