Ladies and Gentlemen,
I've two questions for you. Number one is that I bought a model 442-1 last year without the IL. While looking through my copy of the "Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson" It gave the dates of manufacture of around 1999 to 2001 and then the 442-2 with the IL came out. Does that mean that my gun was in storage somewhere since that time? Or did S&W make a new batch without the IL and mark them 442-1 because of the lack of the IL?
I've also been hearing that S&W has gone to polygonal rifling in newer guns. Can anyone tell me when that change occured? I only own 2 S&W's that are newer. The 442-1 I mentioned above and a 696 no dash. Thanks in advanced I've learned a lot about S&W's from this forum.