Joe,

Thanks for the info on the Mod. 042. Roy told me that the Mod. 042 was built from the left over frames of the original 642. The stainless steel yokes were finished in a black finish to match the barrel and cylinder and the frame was anodized in black. As you noted, there were 4415 of them made like this.

Since the box is marked 42, he said that the Factory just shipped them out to the distributors to fill the M42 orders and didn't pay any attention to how they were marked. The MOD. 042 was more for internal use than for the dealers.

Whatever the finish problems might have been, this little gun is one of the prettiest of the litter. Even with a magnifier, there is no indication of an overstamped model number.

Bob