What is the finish on the model 442

mod57 · Jun 17, 2022

What type of finish is on the 442? Doesn't appear to be adonizing/ nor blue.
Forgive me if this has been asked/answered. I couldn't find it in the search.

jeffrefrig · Jun 17, 2022

I was curious so I looked on my box and in the paperwork; nothing.I think if you look in the description on the website you may find something there. I thought they called it anodized but not sure. I have a Model 10-8 with a lot of blueing gone that I'd like to have this finish put on it, but I'm pretty sure it would cost more than the gun is worth to have done. somebody will know here.
Edit...I looked on the description in the S&W site and found nothing. NOW I want to know exactly what it is! Dangit! I'm sure it's out there right under my nose. They have an e-mail thing for questions.I have a couple other guns w/similar finishes, too. I'd like to have a '68 Charger 440 Magnum R/T, no chrome or badging with that same type finish. I don't think it would be an R/T anymore, though.

Lou_the_welder · Jun 17, 2022

What? No Hemi??

The catalog describes the finish as matte black. Be it paint or a hard coating, its hard until it wears and you can see the aluminum under it.

ColbyBruce · Jun 17, 2022

I believe it is smoke soot from a carbide lamp, as the finish is about as durable.

mauser9 · Jun 17, 2022

Be nice to know for sure. A lot of makers using that "tooling black oxide" finish instead of the old glossy bluing from the past. Heard they are not allowed to use some of the older bluing methods due to the chemicals used in some of the processes. Liked the hot dip bluing used on some of Remingtons older 700 models. Mine seems durable after 40 years.

wrangler5 · Jun 17, 2022

Whatever it is, the inside of my yoke showed rust specks after each day in an IWB holster during warm or hot months unless I oiled that particular surface. No problem with the steel cylinder, or any of the alloy parts, of course, but that yoke drove me nuts. (In part because I came from carrying a Glock, which I checked about once a month whether it needed it or not, and never saw a speck of rust on any of its extensive steel surfaces, no matter how hot the weather.)

jeffrefrig · Jun 18, 2022

Lou_The_Welder.."What? No Hemi??"

In hindsight perhaps I should change the Mopar to an Olds 442 to match the gun. It may take a lot of lamp soot.
I hope the finish holds up for a couple more weeks, any how, since the one I have is going to my daughter for her birthday. I didn't realize I was going to like it for CCW so much, so now I have to get one for me.

CAJUNLAWYER · Jun 18, 2022

Don't have a 442 but I do have a 337. The finish on it can be best described as "pocket rash"

wrangler5 · Jun 18, 2022

jeffrefrig said:
< snip > I didn't realize I was going to like it for CCW so much, so now I have to get one for me.

There's a reason the 442/642 are (at least reputed to be) the best selling revolvers in the S&W line.

mod57 · Jun 18, 2022

Well the finish certainly is black.

kbm6893 · Jun 18, 2022

Whatever it is, it’s trash. So is the clear coat on the 642. It peels easily. I know these guns aren’t $1000 revolvers, but for an extra $30 per gun made I’m sure a more durable finish would pay for itself.

mod57 · Jun 18, 2022

I’m not sure why they bother to clear coat the 642. The frame finish never matched the stainless anyway. They should just clear anodize it.

3rdgeargrndrr · Jun 20, 2022

Rustoleum or similar rattle can

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