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06-10-2015, 07:01 AM
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Model 42 Centenniel Airweight NICKEL
Hello and Good Morning from Germany!
Those of you who have read my former articles certainly know that I do love guns which are nickel plated.
Just by chance I found an ad on a dealers website where he offered a Smith & Wesson model 42. He did not give more information, but from the pictures I learned that this was a rare nickel plated model 42 Airweight. I also realized that is has the little lock screw to secure the upper side plate screw. I gave the dealer a call and he really didn't know what price he should ask for. Finally I payed a really fair price and the deal was done. This morning the packaged arrived and of course I was very curious to see what I bought. Ok - the gun is not in mint condition, but the flaws are mainly on the nickel plated aluminium parts where the surface is not perfect. I disassembled the gun and found everything in very good condition. After cleaning and oiling I gave the outside a little polish, just by hand - not with a Dremel or similar tool. The result looks very satisfying for me and I hope you like my pictures. By the way - grips have correct numbers and S/N is 13728 which dates it back to the early 50s. Enjoy the pictures.
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06-10-2015, 07:06 AM
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Very nice! I like them nickeled Smiths.
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06-10-2015, 09:01 AM
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Looks to be in pretty fair shape - including the stocks. Yes, by all means! - please keep the Dremel far away from your S&Ws.  I have a similar Model 40 in nickel from about the same era - but no bug screw.
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06-10-2015, 09:18 AM
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Beautiful find. The little "bug" screw is such and interesting dimension.
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06-10-2015, 09:23 AM
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Very nice gun; you certainly don't see one with all those features every day!
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06-10-2015, 09:42 AM
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I was in a bidding duel over one of these and lost out as I had to be away from my computer when it ended. The other party evidently wanted it just a little more than I did
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