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Originally Posted by Cal44
.....The serial number starts with CAC so it's probably from around 1996 -- near the end of the no dash period...
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Sounds like a product code 102812 with a Satin Nickel (matte) finish. Something S&W offered for a short while.
I have a M38 no dash with a Satin Nickel finish, c.1996, an it's one of my favorite carry pieces. The whole gun is a uniform dull matte. Cylinder, frame, and barrel. It looks like "vapor hone" or "bead blasted" stainless guns from the Performance Center.
The flat nickel finish seems very durable. No flaking or any scratches yet. I actually prefer it to my stainless M638, which clearly has an anodized frame that's a different hue and shine from the stainless barrel and cylinder..
S/n prefix says your M442 likely shipped in.......
April of 1995.
But it could of been a few months earlier into 1994.