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Originally Posted by Handgunner50
I just picked up a NIB 642-1. It has a date on the cartridge envelope of 7/10/2012. I liked the dark finish of the 442 better, but I preferred the stainless cylinder and barrel of the 642. I've read a number of posts complaining that the silver finish on the 642 isn't very durable and is quite prone to rubbing off from holster wear. My question is has anyone had one of the finishes like Cerakote or Duracoat or some other black finish done to a revolver like this one?
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Why would you want to pay for a new finish on your revolver when the finish it has is fine? Cerakote and Duracoat will only devalue your revolver.
It is like the trigger spring kit crowd, who want to replace perfectly good factory springs with lighter springs, and then they wonder why they have failures to fire.
Carry your 642 for 10+ years in a good quality pocket holster, and if the finish wears much, your revolver will have character. And, only then will you need to ask S&W to refinish it.
Have you seen General Patton's Registered Magnum? He didn't worry about finish and he had the most fragile of all - bright blue. And he actually used it in a war. Your finish will be fine unless you have "perspiration hands" or acid skin and only then if you don't wipe the exterior down with an oily rag.
Buy ammo and practice.